I wish NCR would run more columns, written by professional writers and scholars, on church history, moral philosophy, and the theological conundrums presented by the explosive pace of scientific understanding. As you know, I agree Michael Sean Winters' publishing schedule is ridiculous. NCR should hire a political analyst to do politics and let MSW concentrate on the intersection of Catholicism and political culture. Global Sisters should be reincorporated into the main site. Personally I don't make it over there because I get bogged down in the features on the NCR home page.

I do appreciate identity politics when it's well done. (Jamie Manson is excellent.) The church's sexism and homophobia is a persistent source of alienation for young people, and NCR should could continue to hammer away at these issues. Of course NCR's "accountability" coverage is also excellent. Still, why should a 21st-century person care about the Catholic Church? NCR could do more to address this question.