A landmark book that deserves all the praise it is getting, Thinking, Fast and Slow is not only a crash course in cognitive psychology, but also an intriguing and even entertaining story.

Who is prepared to cope with old age?

Who’s sorry now? Sidney Callahan on the growing importance of private and public apologies.

The Vatican’s recent document on feminism and “the collaboration of men and woman” explicitly rejects “an outdated conception of femininity”—a good starting point, says former Commonweal columnist and noted feminist author Sidney Callahan. Unfortunately, the Vatican letter also accuses feminists of trying to make themselves “the adversaries of men.”

I voted for George W. Bush and I’m heartily sorry now,” says psychologist and former Commonweal columnist Sidney Callahan. Being prolife is about more than abortion.