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SHORT TAKES PAUL MOSES Old Bonds and Gold Bars To understand how Bob Menendez fell so far, look to his mentor. What happened to Bob Menendez? It’s something I’ve thought about...

'Commonweal' and the 'Brooklyn Tablet' (December 2024)

Comma Chasers! Paul Moses How an old rivalry between ‘Commonweal’ and the ‘Brooklyn Tablet’ prefigures today’s Catholic media wars For four decades of its century-long history, Commonweal...

Trumpâ€™s conviction (July 2024)

SHORT TAKES PAUL MOSES Glitz & Graft Trump’s conviction and the revenge of 1980s New York Donald J. Trump, a man adept at manipulating both the media and the political process in his...

The 'Times' Is A-Changing (February 2024)

The ‘Times’ Is A-Changing PAUL MOSES The press briefing the New York Times Co. held to announce the appointment of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. as the newspaper’s publisher began on what was, for...

Responding to migrants in New York City (November 2023)

PAUL MOSES ‘When an Alien Resides with You’ Responding to the migrant influx in New York City New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams is fond of speaking about how his religious faith guides him. “I...

Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman (February 2023)

BOOKS All Mirrors PAUL MOSES As a newspaper reporter in 1980s New York, I did my best to avoid writing about Donald Trump—or any other celebrities. In practical terms, that meant staying...

A resurgence of Catholic anti-Semitism (December 2022)

SHORT TAKES PAUL MOSES Old Anti-Semitism, New Audience Behind Fr. Coughlin, there was Fr. Fahey. When the rabble-rousing Fr. Charles Coughlin began getting his comeuppance in 1938 for the...

The Pillar & Msgr. Burrill (September 2021)

Give It an ‘F’ The Pillar’s Burrill story flunks journalistic standards. It’s odd to see Catholic media take a starring role in the ongoing saga of the breakdown in traditional journalistic...

How EWTN misreported the Viganò letter (January 2021)

SHORT TAKES PAUL MOSES The One Missing Fact How EWTN misreported the Vigano letter EWTN’s website declares that “Our mission is simple. We aim to bring you reliable, accurate, trustworthy news,...

Mass in the orange zone (November 2020)

The Orange Zone Here in the orange zone, it’s difficult to go to Mass on Sunday. Fearing that COVID-19’s terrifying springtime spread through Brooklyn and Queens could return, Gov. Andrew Cuomo...

Griever-in-Chief (October 2020)

SHORT TAKES PAUL MOSES & MICHAEL CONNOR Griever-in-Chief Redemption & suffering in Joe Biden's eulogies Joe Biden has been dubbed “King of the Eulogy” and the “Designated Mourner.” He’s...

Federal immigration officers in Portland (September 2020)

SHORT TAKES PAUL MOSES Terrorizing Protestors Federal immigration officers in Portland During a Supreme Court argument in 2018, Justice Sonia Sotomayor bluntly declared that it was...

Catholics and the 1918 influenza (July 2020)

SHORT TAKES PAUL MOSES Denialism Is Nothing New How some Catholics chafed against the 1918 influenza restrictions As the 1918 influenza epidemic was peaking in New York City in the fall of that...

How Michael Bloomberg uses his fortune for political leverage (January 2020)

COLUMNS PAUL MOSES Money Well Spent How Michael Bloomberg uses his personal fortune for political leverage As mayor of the nation's largest city for twelve years, Michael Bloomberg enjoyed...

The hypocrisy of immigrant hardliners (October 2019)

COLUMNS PAUL MOSES Cuccinelli Pulls Up the Ladder The Trump administration's immigration hardliners seem to be suffering from amnesia. Ken Cuccinelli was not the first federal official to rewrite...

Working (September 2019)

Reporting the Past PAUL MOSES WORKING Researching, Interviewing, Writing ROBERT A. CARO Knopf $25 | 240 pp. S ince I took only one journalism course in college, I had a lot of catching up to...

The Ones Ignored (March 2019)

Paul Moses The Ones Ignored UNDERSTANDING THE NEW YORK STATE ABORTION LAW In the midst of the battle over a new abortion law in New York State, Cardinal Timothy Dolan suggested that a true...

Why Should Public Schools Be Exempt? (March 2019)

SHORT TAKES Paul Moses Why Should Public Schools Be Exempt? DOING RIGHT BY ALL VICTIMS OF SEX ABUSE Although mostly overlooked, the most important feature of New York State's newly passed Child...

The Bishops' Brief against the Ban (May 2018)

COLUMNIST Paul Moses The Bishops' Brief against the Ban WILL THE COURT'S CATHOLIC MAJORITY CARE? The U.S. Catholic bishops submitted a brief to the Supreme Court declaring that President Donald...

Still Two Cities (June 2016)

Still Two Cities Mayor de Blasio & the Homeless Paul Moses Early one morning last August, television host Joe Scarborough livened up his show with a rant against the homeless people he could see...

Mary McGrory (October 2015)

Paul Moses Leding Lady Mary McGrory The First Queen ofJournalism John Norris Viking, $28.95, 352 pp. When Stephen Colbert addressed the White House Correspondents Association's 2006 gala, he...

The Eclipse of Equality (September 2014)

Paul Moses Sunday Obligation The Eclipse of Equality Arguing America on Meet the Press Solon Simmons Stanford University Press, $29.95, 320 pp. With a history of nearly seventy years, Meet the...

Enlightened Self-Interest (February 2014)

Paul Moses Enlightened Self-Interest WHY NEW YORKERS MADE BILL DE BLASIO MAYOR d 1 loomberg fatigue" is the explanation frequently presented for progressive Democrat Bill de Blasio's landslide...

Here to Stay (September 2013)

Here To Stay Paul Moses HOW LATINOS ARE CHANGING THE COUNTRY & THE CHURCH At the height of the 2012 presidential campaign, the dashing Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui appeared in a series of web...

Finding Facts, Making Stories (May 2013)

SHORT TAKE Paul Moses Finding Facts, Making Stories 'LUCKY GUY' & THE MIKE McALARY I KNEW One of the most anticipated Broadway plays of the season, Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy, stars Tom Hanks as...

Why 'Francis' ? (April 2013)

SHORT TAKES Paul Moses Why ‘Francis’? what the pope’s name signals Of the many virtues associated with St. Francis of Assisi, humility was the first to occur to me as Cardinal Jorge Mario...

Feeding the Beast (September 2012)

Paul Moses Feeding the Beast POLITICAL JOURNALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE When the Washington Post reported in May that as a teenager Mitt Romney had bullied a fellow student in his high school, it...

Render Unto Rome (September 2011)

Paul Moses Greased Palms Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church Jason Berry Crown, $25, 432 pp. The John Jay College report on the "causes and context" of the...

Which Side Are They On? (May 2011)

Which Side Are They On? When a Catholic College Resists a Union Paul Moses Manhattan College, founded by the De La Salle Christian Brothers in 1853, is proud of its Catholic tradition. The...

The Public Option (December 2009)

Short Take Paul Moses The Public Option WILL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS BECOME CHARTER SCHOOLS? Is converting Catholic schools into charter schools better than letting them close? In a growing...

Mission Improbable (September 2009)

Article Mission Improbable St. Francis & the Sultan Paul Moses Late in the summer of 1219, Francis of Assisi crossed enemy lines during the Fifth Crusade, hoping that he could convert...

Blind Spot (April 2009)

T his book makes the case that news organizations often fail in covering major stories because they minimize or misunderstand underlying religious issues. Itâ€™s an argument Iâ€™ve long sympathized...

The Making of a Bishop: Report from Ghana (September 2008)

The Making of a Bishop Commonweal . September 26, 2008 1 Lessons from Ghana Paul Moses Nfour-year-old Ghanaian priest, who had served at St. Columba Church for - fifty the ed pope ask The...

'The Passion' Redux (February 2007)

'The Passion' Redux What Are Gibson's Defenders Saying Now? Paul Moses L ast summer I visited Lorrach, Germany, a southern Black Forest city from which my father, his parents, and brother...

A Swift-boating in Jersey (September 2006)

A Swift-boating in Jersey r ~ Paul Moses LESSONS IN JOURNALISTIC OBJECTIVITY I became well acquainted with political spin during the many years I covered New York City politics as a...

Gentrification (June 2006)

r,4 o o o Paul Moses Gentrification WHO WINS, WHO LOSES? F or Latino and Hasidic families who have lived for decades in the Brooklyn waterfront community of Williamsburg, the September 19,...

Calling Fr. Reese (June 2005)

Since its victory in Florida, ACORN and its labor allies have begun talking about grass-roots minimum-wage initiatives in other states in 2006, particularly where Democrats have a chance to...

Vincible Ignorance (July 2004)

fact is that it was almost inevitable. Since 9/11, a culture of intolerance in the United States has been systematically encouraged and sustained. (My husband, who is brown-skinned and bearded, now...

The Road to Santiago (February 2004)

Can anything be done? The editors of Kid Stuff affirm their commitment to First Amendment principles and their opposition to government censorship. Consequently, the proposed solutions rely on...

Misprints? (June 2003)

Paul Moses MISPRINTS? Falun Gong & the First Amendment Does freedom of the press allow newspapers to print lies aimed at undermining a religion? Does freedom of religion allow believers to stop a...

The bishops & Iraq Did the media ignore the story? (November 2002)

Paul Moses THE BISHOPS & IRAQ Where was the coverage? 0fter walking in late to a monthly meeting of eu-charistic ministers at my parish in Brooklyn, New York, I sensed right away that something...

'One of Us' Pop lyrics often express notions about spiritual longing Can they be trusted? (June 1996)

Paul Moses 'ONE OF US9 Dad listens to daughter I was surprised one morning to find that my twelve-year-old daughter wanted me to listen to her radio station. Normally my reaction to the program...

Moses, Wilson J.

Mosio, Jacqueline Bell

Moss, Robert F

Moss, Robert F.

Moss, Rose Rappoport

Motley, Christopher

Motley, Willard F.

Mott, Stephen De

Motyl, Alexander

Motyl, Alexander J.

Mounier, Emmanuel

Mounts, Richard