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U.S.
Influence in Paradise: An Annotated Tour
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Business Day
Michael Kinsley to Join Vanity Fair and Write a Monthly Column
Mr. Kinsley will write a monthly column for Vanity Fair, which is likely to cover “what I’ve written about most of the time: politics, in one form or another,” he said.References
- Please Don't Remain Calm: Provocations and Commentaries (W. W. Norton, 2008)
- Jump up ^ Kinsley, Michael (July 31, 2008). "The Audacity of Bill Gates". Time. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- Jump up ^ Kinsley, Michael (November 18, 2011). "Christians are being oppressed in the U.S.? Hardly". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- Jump up ^ Kurtz, Howard (September 14, 2005). "Michael Kinsley, L.A. Times Part on 'Unfortunate Note'". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- Jump up ^ Kinsley, Michael (July 16, 2006). "Yes, It Really Is Brain Surgery". Time. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- Jump up ^ Kinsley, Michael (2009-05-21). "Backward Runs 'Newsweek'". The New Republic. Archived from the original on 2010-02-19.
- Jump up ^ "Michael Kinsley Returns To The New Republic As Editor-At-Large". 2012-12-21.
- Jump up ^ http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/01/michael-kinsley-columnist-vanity-fair
Further reading
- "Mine Is Longer Than Yours". New Yorker Magazine. April 7, 2008.
- Book: Please Don't Remain Calm: Provocations and Commentaries" (W. W. Norton, 2008)
- "Michael Kinsley's First Bloomberg View Column: What it should say" Slate magazine. April 27, 2011.
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U.S.
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Sports
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Sports
Clinic Director Says He Injected Rodriguez
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Opinion
School Discipline: What Works Best?
Readers react to an editorial about zero tolerance policies.
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World
China: Success Claimed in Test of Weapons-Delivery System
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Sports
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Opinion
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U.S.
A Consultant Who Stumped for Cruz Makes a Bid for Congress
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Opinion
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U.S.
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Health
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Opinion
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U.S.
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Movies
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World
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World
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