Crossfire and Slate
In 1989, Kinsley agreed to take a position on CNN's Crossfire, co-hosting with conservative Pat Buchanan. Representing the liberal or left-wing position in the televised political debates, Kinsley combined a dry wit with nerdy demeanour and analytical skills.
Kinsley appeared in three movies during those years: Rising Sun (1993), Dave (1993), and The Birdcage (1996).
For a fateful weekend, he was considered for the position of editor-in-chief of The New Yorker. The magazine was eventually handed to David Remnick.
After leaving Crossfire in 1995, Kinsley returned to his editorial roots, relocating to Seattle and taking a position with Microsoft as the founding editor of its online journal Slate. In 1999 he was named "Editor of the Year" by the Columbia Journalism Review for his work at that magazine. Kinsley stepped down from Slate in 2002, shortly after disclosing that he had Parkinson's disease.
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