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Awake, Sleeper
There’s an edge to Christ's light—even a harshness, like the pain in your ears when you’ve been roused by a shrieking infant.
Griffin Oleynick
Anger or Hatred?
William Galston explores how anger, hatred, and lust for domination threaten liberal democracy.
Joshua L. Cherniss

No Stretch

Paul Thomas Anderson’s strength as a director resides in the way he pays lavish attention to the surface of things. (From 2025)
Rand Richards Cooper
'Of This World'—On the Altar
Hosts and 'Commonweal' contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor chat with professor and author Jonathan Sheehan about the history of sacrifice, from the sacred to the secular.
Waiting for the Lightning Bolt
CultureReligionTelevision
The hit Netflix series 'Nobody Wants This' makes a keen contribution to the public perception of converts and Jewish identity.
Nava Grant
The Mad King’s War
War and PeaceMiddle EastDonald Trump
Trump’s war in Iran violates the Constitution, international law, and just-war principles. It has no clear objectives and no exit strategy.
The Editors
Vassalizing Europe
InternationalPoliticsDonald TrumpEurope
With U.S. and Israeli bombs dropping on Tehran, Europe is once again cowed into silence because of its addiction to American power.
Harrison Stetler
The Remaking of Thomas Mann
BooksPhilosophy
‘The Magic Mountain’ testifies to the power of art to transform life. But before he could complete his masterwork, Thomas Mann had to transform himself.
Costică Brădăţan
New Ways to Survive
ImmigrationCultureArts
Joseph Sorrentino photographs the lives of migrants living at Tochan, a shelter in Mexico City.
Joseph Sorrentino
Outwitting the Anti-Catholics
ReligionU.S. CatholicismHistorySupreme Court
When arguing “parental rights” cases in front of the Supreme Court, advocates use a playbook created by twentieth-century Catholics.
Dennis J. Wieboldt III
Glowing Enigmas
ArtsCulture
A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art introduces viewers to Helene Schjerfbeck’s understated, dreamlike paintings.
Bailey Trela
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Not Just a Mistake, a Crime
George Scialabba
Bringing Crisis Management to Congress
Heidi Schlumpf
Awake, Sleeper
Griffin Oleynick
Hope in a Post-Secular Age
Bill Rehg
The First AI War
John P. Slattery
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EconomyDonald TrumpPolitics
Don’t Leave It to the Experts
We need experts to help guide monetary policy—but expertise is no substitute for democratic deliberation over our values and priorities.
Matt Mazewski
EditorialDonald TrumpPolitics
The Networker
The man may be dead, but the ethos of the Epstein network is ascendant in American public life.
The Editors
PoliticsCultureEconomy
The 401(k) Is Tearing Society Apart
Individual retirement accounts like the 401(k) have become the backbone of our retirement system. They are a key contributor to the precarity unraveling the social fabric.
Nate Bernhard
ReligionCultureHigher Education
A Shrine and a School
Christian Smith wants Notre Dame to be pure. But shrines are never pure—and Notre Dame is an American Catholic shrine.
Cathleen Kaveny & Robin Darling Young