Michael Sean Winters

If Treasury Secretary-designate Tim Geithner can rsquo t get his own taxes right why should we trust him with ours It is a fair question but one that I suspect has a simple answer My guess is that Mr Geithner actually does not do his own taxes but instead hires someone to do them But that rais

What rsquo s good for the goose is good for the gays Anyone who supported the selection of controversial evangelical pastor Rick Warren to give the prayer at the Inaugural ceremony must now support the selection of controversial Episcopalian bishop Gene Robinson to give the opening prayer at the Li

George W Bush leaves office with some of the lowest approval numbers since the advent of modern polling Of course the first president to achieve historic lows when polling first began Harry S Truman has been treated far more kindly by history Will the same happen to George W Bush For the ne

Governance is a moral act Since the Reagan years the morals enshrined in our nation rsquo s policies have been those values that characterize laissez-faire economics individual responsibility acquisitiveness personal freedom and less government intrusion in corporate decision-making processes

Word has come via First Things that Father Richard John Neuhaus has died I learned of his serious illness last night and since then have felt like a cat who falls and doesn rsquo t land on all fours disoriented and very sad I remember the first time Father Neuhaus attacked me in print I felt

During the campaign Barack Obama got tagged for being too much of a celebrity with a famous ad that displayed images of the then-Senator interspersed with photos of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton So my first thought upon hearing the news that Obama intends to name Dr Sanjay Gupta of CNN fame a

Yesterday a friend sent me a copy of The Wanderer from December 4 of last year My posting here suggesting that Doug Kmiec be named the next U S ambassador to the Vatican had made the front page I am deeply honored The Wanderer is a newspaper published in Minnesota that is about as far to th

I never thought I would live to see the day If anyone had any doubts about Barack Obama rsquo s willingness to listen to pro-life Democrats his selection of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to head the Democratic National Committee should settle those doubts Obama means business Governor Kaine is cle

This morning s Morning Edition had a segment on writer Elizabeth McCracken and her new book about her first child who died in utero It is the kind of story that will make pro-choice advocates re-think their position and is a perfect example of how we in the pro-life community can change the cul

Blogger extraordinaire Rocco Palmo has a link to an article in the Guardian about the succession at the cathedra in Westminster the primatial see of England The article has a historical reference so wrong it is comical Catholic enthusiasts – whom some might call conservatives though these