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Americans like health-care reform in abstract but hate actual change 

The reason Americans have turned against health-care reform, after electing President Barack Obama in part for promising it, is simple: Despite...

Harry and Louise, closet socialists 

By MICHAEL KINSLEY

YOU'VE PROBABLY heard by now that Harry and Louise have changed their minds. This fictional couple dreamed up by...

The issue of gay marriage and the arguments for it are surprising when you first hear them 

"The issue of gay marriage and the arguments for it are surprising when you first hear them. If someone is a bit slow to wrap her head around them,...

Shake that Grove thing 

By MICHAEL KINSLEY

SONIA SOTOMAYOR is a member of a highly unrestricted club: people who deny the obvious about reverse...

Star 

FIRING LINE was usually taped, three shows at a time, at the HBO studios in New York. The format evolved over the years. Toward the end, my role...

Michael Kinsley In The Hole 

Slow start doesn't mean the A's have cracked Slow start doesn't mean the A's have cracked Alfred E. Neuman would be proud. The cover boy from...

Jerry, Jerry quite contrary; suddenly, Reinsdorf's drive to kill the labor deal makes cents - for him 

Throughout the baseball strike and subsequent labor negotiations Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf was a consistent opponent of higher...

Lack of a labor deal really reeks 

There are two new reasons for fans to be disgusted by the lack of a baseball contract agreement. One is the need to change the format of the...

The Iron Lady. - book reviews 

For all her faults., Maggie Thatcher has done some For all her faults., Maggie Thatcher has done some good and revolutionary things for...

The rich don't serve - so what? - armed services 

Michael Kinsley, the editor of The New Republic, is on sabbatical in London where he is working for The Economist. He was an editor at the Monthly...