A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth.

- Michael Kinsley

What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.

- Michael Kinsley

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

- Michael Kinsley

The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

- Michael Kinsley

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

- Michael Kinsley

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 …

- Michael Kinsley

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

- Michael Kinsley

I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.

- Michael Kinsley

Is there any other democracy where the voters are as spoiled as they are in the United States? Especially, of course, in certain states, such as Iowa…

- Michael Kinsley