Policy made plain.

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• Al Franken's Quandary The Minnesota Senate candidate has been telling jokes for 30 years. How does he explain away the bad ones?
  Michael Kinsley July 7, 2008
  
• Words, Words, Words A brilliant new scheme for measuring the productivity of journalists.
  Michael Kinsley June 9, 2008
  
• I Hardly Know Me Anymore The Scott McClellan story.
  Michael Kinsley May 29, 2008
  
• Lost Time Making Up The political costs of primping.
  Michael Kinsley March 26, 2008
  
• McCain and the Times: the Real Questions My apparent concern about the appearance of the possibility of the appearance of a possible affair.
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 25, 2008
  
• Defining Victory Downward No, the surge is not a success.
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 21, 2008
  
• Remembering Reagan How Romney and McCain rewrite history.
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 2, 2008