Michael Sean Winters

The New Republic has an interesting review of Pope Benedict s encyclical Caritas in Veritate I think it speaks well of both that non-Catholic journal and of the substantiveness of Pope Benedict s thought that they even took cognizance of it and did so more thoughtfully than many Catholic commenta

The mainstream media of which this journal is a part relies on reporting on evidence on weighing a variety of opinions on controversial topics etc and generally I think the MSM does a fine job Certainly the press makes all politicians of all ideological stripes uncomfortable and accountable

Much attention has rightly been focussed on the irrational aspects of right-wing protesters especially those whose irrationality is rooted in racism But the Left has its irrationalities as well and some of them are on full display these days The most obvious was the sad spectacle of the rostrum

I received an email this morning from a dear friend in Paris to whom I had written yesterday congratulating him on the new nuncio being sent to Avenue President Wilson the French nunciature Among other things my correspondent wrote For Europeans the battle Obama is forced to fight on the hea

The banking industry is objecting to two government initiatives which leads me to the conclusion that both programs should go forward quickly The first and funniest in its way is the Obama administration rsquo s decision to enact a government takeover of the student loan business That rsquo s

The Baucus Health Care Reform bill has been criticized by Archbishop Raymond Burke Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura In an interview with Fox News the former Archbishop of St Louis said that despite the claims of Baucus himself the bill does provides a mandate for abortion I am not sure wh

Christmas came early this year Of all the things I would like from Santa nothing suits me more than to have a libertarian candidate in a prominent race and in my home state of Connecticut no less Yesterday on MSNCB rsquo s Morning Joe television show economist Peter Schiff announced his candi

In All Things has received a copy of an email sent to the Notre Dame Family from University President Father John I Jenkins C S C In it Father Jenkins outlines ways for Notre Dame to become more involved in the pro-life effort One of the canards thrown at Father Jenkins during the controve

My bad my very bad I am informed by email from my friend and erstwhile ideological disputant Rick Garnett of the blog Mirror of Justice that I used a term in yesterday rsquo s post that is considered vulgar abroad nbsp Having now found out its meaning I do not wish to repeat it even once I

Sen Max Baucus has introduced a health care reform that has generally been considered the bill most likely to become the basis for on-going negotiations Crafted with a view towards winning the support of at least a handful of Republicans the Baucus proposal is thought to have the best shot at win