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Michael Kinsley (born March 9, 1951) is an American political journalist and commentator. Primarily active in print media as both a writer and editor, he also became known to television audiences as a co-host on Crossfire. Kinsley has been a notable participant in the mainstream media's development of online content.

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Journalistic conventions make it hard for reporters to deal with a big, complicated lie.

Bigs, Complicated, Conventions, Lying, Make

One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth the price. But they may or may not have thought this.

Answer, Answers, Project, Purpose, Subsidies, Towns

In any event, the proper question isn't what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant. Denying people information they would find useful because you think they shouldn't find it useful is censorship, not journalism.

Event, Events, Journalism, People, Proper, Thinking

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.

Activism, Claim, Claims, Course, Judicial

Among the social sciences, economists are the snobs. Economics, with its numbers and graphs and curves, at least has the coloration and paraphernalia of a hard science. It's not just putting on sandals and trekking out to take notes on some tribe.

Curves, Graphs, Numbers, Take, Tribes

Americans don't want leadership. They want alchemy.

Alchemy, Americans, Leadership, Want

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.

Kennedy, Marriage, Politician, Schwarzenegger, Ted, Uncles

Many 'hard' scientists regard the term 'social science' as an oxymoron. Science means hypotheses you can test, and prove or disprove. Social science is little more than observation putting on airs.

Air, Mean, Putting, Science, Term

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

Democracy, Healthy, Humble, Inspirational, Politician

The solution when you don't like someone's speech is not to silence that person, or that corporation. It's more and louder speech of your own.

Corporation, Corporations, Like, Silence, Speech

If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, piousness is virtue paying tribute to itself.

Hypocrisy, Pay, Paying, Pays, Piousness, Vices

So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.

Activism, Another Year, Conservative, Tuned, Years

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks.

Federal, Interstate, Judging, Law, Marijuana, Medical

There is a deadening conformity in the culture of cyberspace in which we don't intend to participate.

Conformity, Culture, Cyberspace, Deadening

It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.

Conservatives, Equality, Fair, Recipes, Say, Would Be

In 1977, at least, he wished to have people believe that he shared and was proud of an attitude toward women that is not acceptable in a politician. In 2003, all he has said is that he doesn't remember the interview.

Attitude, Believe, Interview, People, Toward, Women

The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

Amendments, Equal, Fifth, Fifth Amendment, Protection, Takings