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...many New Republic veterans were put off by what they described as Sullivan's disingenuous manner, penchant for sizzle over substance, and lack of close involvement in the editorial process. A number of longtime editors, including Jacob Weisberg, Morton Kondracke, Mickey Kaus and Michael Kinsley, left during Sullivan's tenure. And one of his new hires, Ruth Shalit--whose stories included a much discussed piece suggesting favoritism to blacks in the Washington Post newsroom--got in hot water for alleged plagiarism and inaccurate reporting. After initially defending her, Sullivan placed Shalit on a leave of absence...
...MICHAEL KINSLEY, who for years played terrier to Pat Buchanan's pit bull on CNN's Crossfire, examines the Buchanan presidential run in this week's Essay. "It's weird to find myself punditizing about Pat instead of against him," Kinsley says. "During our Crossfire years I watched Buchanan's views on some subjects--foreign policy and free trade, especially--change dramatically. But one thing about Pat is that he holds his opinions with total conviction and intensity, even if they're the opposite of the views he held with similar intensity and conviction the day before." Kinsley recently exiled...
...sense, the two women correspond to the yin and yang of Buchanan's own personality. The slash-and-burn, take-no-prisoners campaign chairman reflects Pat's public persona, while the gracious lady of the house reflects the private Pat, whom his former colleague Michael Kinsley once described as "gentle" and almost everyone else considers amiable...
...Online, CompuServe and the U.S. Justice Department--bundled it with Internet-access software in Windows 95. He dropped his resistance to a number of de facto Internet standards, including Sun Microsystem's Java. Meanwhile, he began securing high-profile content to put on his own network, luring commentator Michael Kinsley from cnn to start an online political magazine and purchasing the Bettmann Archives, one of the world's greatest collections of historical photographs. Last week he appeared in an electronic press conference to announce that he is teaming with NBC to create a 24-hour news service that will compete...
...years in a country that offered her little opportunity. Now, in her old age, she is finally spending a bit of money on herself, and has given $150,000 to a scholarship fund exclusively for black college students. Instead of congratulating her on her thrift and industry, Michael Kinsley nitpicked about reverse discrimination and quotas [ESSAY, Aug. 28]. One hears scant protest when wealthy alumni donate far greater sums to the Harvards and Yales of America for the benefit of wealthy whites. How quickly white people refer to the Constitution and equal opportunity when their interests are even minutely affected...