Opus Dei Affiliate Pays $25 M. for Midtown Building

A group with ties to the enigmatic Catholic group Opus Dei, the Clover Foundation, has paid $25 million for a small building across from Carnegie Hall, public records show.

The seller of the building at 165 West 57th Street, Columbia Artists Management, first bought the site in 1972, according to property records, holding small Read More

John Paul’s Duality: Neither Left nor Right

John Paul II, born Karol Joseph Wojtyla, was an authentic, formidable, brilliant man who lived in direct and energetic engagement with the world’s people. To him, this seems to have been the essence of his calling as leader of the “universal church.” The Holy Father of the Catholics was not embarrassed to present himself as Read More

Was Hanssen a Spy for the Right Wing, Too?

Should the national media ever manage to transcend the current

preoccupation with the personal affairs of a certain Congressman, perhaps the

time will come when attention turns again to an equally intriguing topic: the

twisted politics of confessed F.B.I. traitor Robert P. Hanssen.

Emerging almost unnoticed in recent weeks were three strange

but significant Read More