Michael Kinsley
Michael E. Kinsley
Early life and education
Kinsley was born in
Early career
While a third-year law student, Kinsley began working at
Kinsley's first exposure to a national television audience was as moderator of
Kinsley also served as managing editor of
Crossfire and Slate
From 1989 to 1995, Kinsley appeared on
In January 1995, Kinsley had a cameo on the first episode of the TV sitcom
After leaving Crossfire in 1995, Kinsley returned to his editorial roots, relocating to
Kinsley stepped down from Slate in 2002, shortly after disclosing that he had Parkinson's disease.[9]
Subsequent positions
Kinsley next moved to the
He returned to writing a weekly column for The Washington Post and Slate, and in 2006 he served briefly as American editor of The Guardian. He also became a regular columnist for Time magazine, but in May 2009 wrote that the magazine had "dumped" him.[11]
On September 9, 2010, Kinsley and MSNBC pundit Joe Scarborough joined the staff of Politico as the publication's first opinion columnists. On April 29, 2011, Bloomberg L.P. announced that Kinsley had joined the Bloomberg View editorial board. In January 2013, Kinsley re-joined The New Republic as editor at large.[12] In January 2014, Vanity Fair announced that Kinsley would become a contributing editor and write a monthly column.[13]
Personal life
In 2002, Kinsley married
In 2002, Kinsley revealed that he had Parkinson's disease,[15] and on July 12, 2006, he underwent deep brain stimulation, a type of surgery designed to reduce its symptoms.
See also
- Kinsley gaffe
- List of newspaper columnists
References
- ^ Kinsley, Michael E. in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- ^ Collins, Nancy (28 March 2014). "Nancy Collins on Michael Kinsley". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ "Lillian Kinsley Obituary - Washington, DC | The Washington Post". Legacy.com. 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ Weiss, Anthony (December 9, 2014). "What Will 'New Republic' Exodus Mean for American Jewish Thought?". Jewish Journal.
- ^ "Auletta Wins Loeb Award". The New York Times. May 9, 1986. p. D9. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ "Michael Kinsley". IMDB. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Colford, Paul (July 16, 1998). "Figures Tell Grim New Yorker Story". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ Shafer, Jack (June 6, 2011). "I Would Have Loved To Piss on Your Shoes". Slate. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ Staff (December 10, 2001). "Going Public With Parkinson's". CBSNews.com. CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ^ Kurtz, Howard (September 14, 2005). "Michael Kinsley and the LA Times Part on 'Unfortunate Note'". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Kinsley, Michael (May 21, 2009). "Backward Runs 'Newsweek'". The New Republic. Archived from the original on November 25, 2009.
- ^ Calderone, Michael (December 12, 2012). "Michael Kinsley Returns to The New Republic as Editor-at-Large". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Michael Kinsley Named Columnist for Vanity Fair by Graydon Carter". Vanity Fair. January 19, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ^ "Leadership". Martha's Table. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ^ Kinsley, Michael (July 31, 2008). "The Audacity of Bill Gates". Time. Archived from the original on August 6, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
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.