Policy made plain.

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• It's Not Apartheid Jimmy Carter's moronic new book about Israel.
  Michael Kinsley Dec. 12, 2006
  
• Sins of the Father How Bush's family life opposes his rhetoric.
  Michael Kinsley Dec. 5, 2006
  
• Like I Care On the Internet, everybody knows you're a dog.
  Michael Kinsley Nov. 28, 2006
  
• The Free Market Free-for-All Proof that the stock market is irrational.
  Michael Kinsley Nov. 21, 2006
  
• Bake Me a Cake, Baker Man Why the Baker commission won't fix Iraq.
  Michael Kinsley Nov. 14, 2006
  
• Pelosi's Platform How the Democrats could govern if they win the House.
  Michael Kinsley Nov. 7, 2006
  
• Return of the Yellow Dog A case for voting for the party over the person.
  Michael Kinsley Oct. 29, 2006
  
• Folier Than Thou The po-faced contest between Republicans and Democrats.
  Michael Kinsley Oct. 20, 2006
  
• It Doesn't Ad Up McGavick vs. Cantwell and the inanity of political spots.
  Michael Kinsley Oct. 6, 2006
  
• War and Embryos Bush's faulty logic about stem-cell research.
  Michael Kinsley Sept. 29, 2006
  
• Yrotciv in Iraq Bush's backpedaling on the war.
  Michael Kinsley Sept. 22, 2006
  
• Science Fiction What pro-lifers are missing in the stem-cell debate.
  Michael Kinsley July 7, 2006
  
• CryptoKids at War The hypocrisy of our government agencies.
  Michael Kinsley June 16, 2006
  
• Secrets and Spies What we can learn about confidential sources from Wen Ho Lee.
  Michael Kinsley June 9, 2006
  
• John McCain His unique gift for politics.
  Michael Kinsley May 19, 2006
  
• Please Don't Remain Calm Instinctual response in the wake of crises like 9/11.
  Michael Kinsley May 12, 2006
  
• Sign Language Why does the press hold Bush to one constitutional standard and itself to another?
  Michael Kinsley May 5, 2006
  
• Well, Well You don't have to hate oil companies to want an excess-profits tax.
  Michael Kinsley April 28, 2006
  
• Win a Date With E.J. Dionne Contests to "meet your favorite columnist" could easily get out of hand.
  Michael Kinsley April 21, 2006
  
• Setting Iran Straight The precedents are somewhat discouraging.
  Michael Kinsley April 14, 2006
  
• The Twilight of Objectivity How opinion journalism could change the face of the news.
  Michael Kinsley March 31, 2006
  
• Why Be a Billionaire? Deconstructing Forbes' annual list.
  Michael Kinsley March 24, 2006
  
• To Your Health Why modest reform is preferable to single-payer health care.
  Michael Kinsley March 17, 2006
  
• M1 and Me An exclusive excerpt from Alan Greenspan's $8.5 million memoir.
  Michael Kinsley March 10, 2006
  
• The Pursuit of Democracy What Bush gets wrong about nation-building.
  Michael Kinsley March 3, 2006
  
• Abracadabra Economics The new magic makes supply-side economics old hat.
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 24, 2006
  
• The Spreadsheet Numbers don't lie, but sometimes they mislead.
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 17, 2006
  
• The Ayatollah Joke Book So, the Prophet Mohammed walks into a bar …
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 10, 2006
  
• Kick Me, I'm a Democrat The game politicians play.
  Michael Kinsley Jan. 29, 2006
  
• Why Lawyers Are Liars They don't want to: It's their ethical obligation!
  Michael Kinsley Jan. 20, 2006
  
• Give Me Liberty or Let Me Think About It What the wiretapping debate says about freedom.
  Michael Kinsley Jan. 13, 2006
  
• Extra! Extra! The future of newspapers.
  Michael Kinsley Jan. 7, 2006