Sprightlier writing, more scrupulous reporting, and a new vitality mark its pages. It's now part of the national discourse, home to top writers, and read eagerly by media buffs, wonks, and just plain cyber-browsers. His singular career has included two terms as editor of The New Republic , one as top man at Harper's , and managing editorship of The Washington Monthly . He's a contributing writer at Time , Vanity Fair , and The Wall Street Journal . Michael Kinsley has done great work all his life.
Slate is a part of that record.
It's amazing how he continues to get our attention and deliver on the magazine's promises. The New York Times once likened him to H.L. Mencken and Montaigne. He started out as a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner and the New York Herald Tribune , and has contributed to many magazines and penned eight books. In spare moments, he dashed off an enlightening introduction to Marshall McLuhan's seminal Understanding Media . A sensitive, smart, blue-pencil editor.