Michael Sean Winters

Last week I called attention to what appeared to me an extraordinarily biased report over at the Catholic News Agency CNA regarding the bishops rsquo meeting in St Petersburg The report contained quotes from what the report said was Cardinal George rsquo s speech to the bishops at a closed-doo

I saw my doctor Saturday not in the examining room but on the op-ed page of the Washington Post Dr Michael A Newman is one of the most dedicated public servants I know When we think of the phrase public servant we conjure up an image of a politician trying to find a word that poll-tests bette

A Kinsley gaffe named for writer Michael Kinsley who coined the term is when a politician inadvertently says the truth what he or she really thinks but it lands them in hot water So when then-candidate Barack Obama made his remark about people who cling to their guns and religion he commit

I know that some people do not like the terms rightwing and leftwing In some cases such terms are imprecise and you could write a doctoral dissertation on their use and misuse Such terms also depend on the context for example what we call conservative economics here in the U S is generally

The new President of the Catholic University of America was introduced to the university community at a well attended gathering on campus yesterday Professor John Garvey previously the Dean of the Law School at Boston College will take up his duties at the 15th President of CUA later this summer

The Catholic Health Association received a videotaped message from President Obama yesterday that acknowledged the decisive role the organization played in getting the health care reform bill across the finish line He singled Sr Carol Keehan for special praise The President rsquo s words may have

In for a penny in for a pound goes the old saying In the contemporary Washington fiscal universe perhaps the amounts should be revised In for a billion in for a trillion The point of the saying is that sometimes moderation is not the best strategy that once a plan has been adopted one c

Politico is reporting that Democratic operatives have crafted a new get tough no empathy approach to discussing comprehensive immigration reform sounding more like Republicans if they want to pass the reforms The new approach is the result of extensive polling by Democratic firms according to P

As anti-incumbent fervor continues to shape the election landscape the 24 hours after Tuesday rsquo s primaries reminded us that there is something to be said for experience As much as people like to hate politicians the gaffes the newcomers make and the distraction from the real issues the gaff

My cover story in the Tablet about the excommunication of Sister Margaret McBride earned me two friendly rebukes from thoughtful commentators whose opinions I value one from the right and one from the left Interestingly both took issue with the exact same sentence in a 1 400 word essay I wrote