Michael Tomasky

Michael Tomasky is the author, most recently, of Hillary's Turn: Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate Campaign (Free Press). He is a political columnist for New York magazine.

Lesser-Evilism We Can Believe In

Lesser-Evilism We Can Believe In Lesser-Evilism We Can Believe In

Should we put government in the hands of a party determined to subvert it, or a party—however flawed—that believes it still has a role to play in securing the common go...

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Michael Tomasky

As the Press Turns As the Press Turns

Quick, pinch me--am I still living in the same country? Reading and watching the same media? This "Bob Woodward" fellow who co-wrote a tough piece in the May 18 Washington Post...

May 23, 2002 / Michael Tomasky

Thunderstruck on the Right Thunderstruck on the Right

My sister-in-law, a historian and researcher in alternative medicine, once told me of a doctoral dissertation she'd happened across in which the writer interviewed a number of com...

Mar 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tomasky

NYC’s Mayoral Muddle NYC’s Mayoral Muddle

In our August 20 issue we endorsed Mark Green, a lifelong liberal who has been running as a liberal centrist, for mayor of New York City. Two weeks before a runoff election aga...

Oct 4, 2001 / Michael Tomasky

The Woman Who Would Be Senator The Woman Who Would Be Senator

As you may have heard once or twice, we have a little Senate race going here in New York.

Jan 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tomasky

His Terrible, Swift Sword His Terrible, Swift Sword

You're familiar, of course, with the Wall Street Journal.

Dec 17, 1998 / Feature / Michael Tomasky

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