Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal.

Article

Distinctive New Years Tradition

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

January 1, 2014

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Goldfinch readers...

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

December 29, 2013

Article

A cook's lament

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

December 27, 2013

Economy

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Prayer of a weary people

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

December 22, 2013

Article

A Superficial Question, or maybe just a stupid one

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

December 20, 2013

Domestic Affairs

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Let's Have a War

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

December 19, 2013

Middle East

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