Michael Sean Winters

Michael Sean Winters is the author of Left At the Altar: How Democrats Lost The Catholics And How Catholics Can Save The Democrats (Basic Books, 2008). His biography of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, God's Right Hand: How Jerry Falwell Made God a Republican and Baptized the American Right was published by Harper One in January 2012 to critical acclaim. 

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Links: The Rittenhouse verdict; Catholic Worker reaction to Archbishop Gomez; Bosnia on the verge of breakup

Ave Maria professor's book sees roots of religious liberty in Catholicism

US bishops lost about how to engage a culture they don't understand

Links: Democrats' midterm prospects; Cardinal Dolan interviews Bill Donohue

No explosion but plenty of simmering differences on Day 2 of bishops' meeting

Observations from Day 1 at the US bishops' meeting

Links: Flynn wants one US religion; Cavadini on love of the poor; Dionne's political advice

Sadly, the US bishops' conference is a ghost of its former self

New survey raises concerns about increasingly conservative clergy

Links: Honoring veterans; Chris Sununu's decision; Bishop Stowe on the church and politics

Biden has won big on infrastructure; now he needs to sell it

Links: A defense of EWTN; post-election blame game; threats to school board members

Instead of embracing John XXIII's hope, Archbishop Gomez projects doom

Democrats best not hit snooze after elections provided wake-up call

Links: Cardinal Cupich on the Latin Mass; QAnon craziness; and 'Dirty Jobs'

US bishops to choose culture war or communion in Baltimore

Links: Big Pharma fearmongering; Mark Zuckerberg's Meta; antisemitism on the left

Virginia governor's race could be a wake-up call for Democrats

Biden's revealing of the pope's words on Communion was impolitic, but forgivable

Time to scrutinize Facebook's algorithms — and what social media do to us

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