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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Speakership drama foreshadows intra-party struggles, political stalemate in 2023

Benedict's funeral should put to rest misinterpretations of his legacy

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Three predictions about what will make church news in 2023

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Jan. 6 Select Committee offers first, damning draft of history

Links: Pinocchio awards, Prince Harry documentary and looking ahead to World Cup 2026

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Links: Taking credit for inflation drop; DeSantis versus Trump; Ave Maria

What Catholic and Orthodox churches have to say about the war in Ukraine

Links: Iranian protests, same-sex marriage, disappearing history professorships

Francis' critics continue to gut the Gospel

Truth and democracy suffer when politicians resort to marketing campaigns

Links: Georgia results; a restaurant ban; pondering the American experiment

Same-sex marriage, religious liberty and the culture wars

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