Michael Sean Winters

Yesterday in a post on the response to the New York Times story about the Milwaukee situation I referred to the reply of Father Brundage a central figure in the case nbsp and repeated his claim that he had been misquoted by the Times The Times has now pointed out that he was not quoted at all i

Offshore drilling is like pregnancy ndash there is no halfway So it is more than a little surprising that President Barack Obama who campaigned against off-shore drilling along the Eastern seaboard has now decided to embrace it as part of his effort to pass a climate change bill The Post rsqu

It is one of the most confounding conundrums faced by anyone in the public spotlight How to defend without being defensive How to correct critical details without the appearance of nitpicking Finally how to deal with the media ndash which is the only way most people will come to know of the co

At its deepest level the sexual abuse crisis and most especially the manner in which the hierarchy has responded to it entails profound cultural issues Yesterday I looked at two issues that were proximate to the crisis but today I would like to look at a couple of issues that are more deeply i

I know that some people think Hell must have just frozen over because I am about to pay a compliment to George Weigel But his post at First Things says some things that need to be said At the most basic level before we move on to discuss how the Vatican must change its ways or what the current

Father Martin below usefully recommends that everyone look back at the incredible resource which is the report of the National Review Board set up by the USCCB to monitor their own compliance with the provisions adopted at Dallas in 2002 to address the clergy sex abuse crisis Last week the Rev

Usually we can all turn to the New York Times and the Washington Post with a reasonable degree of assurance that their writers and editors are top-notch journalists who ferret out facts put those facts in a proper context and truly enlighten a reader rsquo s understanding of whatever event is be

One of the consequences of the blogosphere and cable news is that it is very easy to only engage those who share similar concerns or those with a similar point of view So lately I have been paying attention to conservative Catholic sites that opposed health care reform because they thought it di

It is nice to be able to write now about the new health care reform law as opposed to the health care reform bill With President Obama rsquo s signature we are now irrevocably on a path to universal access to health coverage Sr Carol Keehan received one of the twenty pens Obama used to sign

What should the Obama administration and congressional leaders push next now that they have won the health care debate Finance reform passed a Senate panel yesterday and it is undoubtedly needed but the bill passed on a straight party-line vote and finance reform is another highly complicated is