We are now less than two months from the midterm elections. The New York Times' polling genius Nate Cohn has started to zero in on the midterm polling, and he is flashing a big yellow caution light to Democrats.
Commentary: A possible post-Roe society asks pro-life Catholics that we reconsider how to engage perspectives that we have often avoided and attacked as contrary to Catholic teaching or scandalous to the faithful.
Michael Sean Winters: The leak of an opinion overturning Roe v. Wade set off culture war extremism. Both sides are driven by special interest groups to adopt all-or-nothing solutions, but most Americans want compromise.
Listen: Heidi, Father Daniel and David discuss the leaked decision from the Supreme Court and the announcement that Catholic News Service will close its U.S. offices; they also recap the previous season.
Michael Sean Winters: We need to find different places for books and coffee; Tish Harrison Warren writes about the mixed feelings of many in the pro-life and whole-life movement; win the independents to win.
Michael Sean Winters: Yo-Yo Ma plays the Ukrainian national anthem; a look at the role of evangelical churches in politicizing conservative Latinos; self-censorship on college campuses and attacks on public education.
Michael Sean Winters: Millionaires flood Senate races with campaign contributions; Garvey's attack on scientism is ridiculous; the International Olympic Committee overlooked this hurdle for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Issues like federal aid to child care need not become fodder in the culture wars that corrode our politics and our faith. We have to find workable compromises to these kinds of policy disputes, not simply go on beating each other up over them.
