Michael Sean Winters

Next month Pope Benedict XVI will address the United Nations and we can expect him to denounce the Iraq War in very explicit terms The press will recall that Pope John Paul II warned against the unintended consequences of the use of force before the war No one would call either of these two popes

We have previously examined the critical role Catholics play in both parties primaries as well as in the general election And if you know nothing about Pennsylvania except the fact that it has a pro-life Democratic senator Bob Casey Jr you would know how important the Catholic vote is in the

The martyrdom of Catholic Chaldean archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho reminds America that the war in Iraq is far from over Indeed yesterday a car bomb also killed 17 civilians in downtown Baghdad Earlier in the week five U S soldiers were killed while on patrol The surge had indeed lessened vi

Last night Barack Obama scored another big win in a small state beating Hillary Clinton by 61 to 37 and netting 3 delegates more delegates than the former first lady By way of comparison in Ohio last week Clinton netted 9 more delegates than Obama His margin in the popular vote almost 97 00

The political world is reeling from the explosive revelation that New York Governor Elliot Spitzer was a client of a very pricey prostitution ring The news sent shockwaves across the political landscape and you could almost hear the schadenfreude on Wall Street Those who had felt the censorious we

The Sunday news shows were dominated by discussions of how the Democratic race could turn out What happens to Michigan and Florida will be critical but unless those states re-do their primaries in some fashion it is almost impossible for Hillary Clinton to overtake Barack Obama in the delegate co

One of the first ethical lessons we learn as children is to play by the rules All of us can remember a playground bully wagging his finger when the game was slipping from his grasp trying to bend the rules so that he could win That was all that mattered him winning The solipsism of the play

John McCain faces a well nigh impossible challenge over the next few weeks How to consolidate the conservative base which still broke for Mike Huckabee Tuesday in Texas without forfeiting his reputation as a maverick and his appeal to Independent voters Hillary Clinton s wins in Ohio and Texas

For Democrats the worst possible scenario has suddenly emerged as a likely scenario There is almost no way for Hillary Clinton to overtake Barack Obama s lead in pledged delegates But as the primary season winds down she may have the wind at her back and he might look like damaged goods Supe