The fact that the supposed "newspaper of record" publishes hysterical rants such as these by Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich is shameful. Do either of these articles have a point?
One good sign is that only losing and being in the minority can turn out such nonsense. So, something good is going on to get this terrible twosome all in fits.
Also, see this very nice Newsweek interview with John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter on the topic of Opus Dei. John does a nice service to truth by imparting some sanity to the controversy surrounding this group stemming from The Da Vinci Code.