Magazine

September 23, 2016

v.143 n.15

Article

Neither of the Above

My position is more like Bartleby the Scrivener’s than Thomas More’s: “I would prefer not to” vote for either of these presidential nominees.

By Richard W. Garnett

September 15, 2016

Election 2016

U.S. Catholicism

Domestic Affairs

Article

Letters | The Hyde Amendment, Brexit, ‘Amoris laetitia’

Readers question the editors' take on the Hyde Amendment, Andrew Bacevich's interpretation of Brexit, and the contributors in our ‘Amoris laetitia’ reading list.

By The Editors

September 12, 2016

Letters

Article

Poem | Two Poems

Sometimes you just don’t know—/you just don’t know how things,/you just don’t know how things will turn out.

By Don Barkin

September 12, 2016

Poetry

Spirituality

Article

Last Word: Prairie Romanesque

A grand Catholic church stands out in a vast, rural, mostly Protestant landscape. In a way, it helped catholicize that stark country.

By Faith Bottum

September 12, 2016

Article

Ruskin Was Right

In their respective books, Jason Moore and Jedediah Purdy both reckon with ecological disaster under capitalism. But John Ruskin knew something they don't.

September 12, 2016

Secularism and Modernity

Article

'Stranger Things'

'Stranger Things' recalls 1980s pop culture, but it lacks the transformative energy needed to make it more than comforting entertainment.

By Celia Wren

September 9, 2016

Television

Article

Stop Feeding the Fire

The resolution of the war in Syria is not more war. It is no more war.

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

September 8, 2016

Article

What Bacevich Gets Right—and Wrong

The best advice for readers moved by Andrew Bacevich’s Brexit analysis is to rethink what democratic commitments require of educated and economically secure people.

By David O'Brien

September 8, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Continuing the Conversation

Economy

Foreign Affairs

Article

Sex Is Not 'Fun'

Sex isn't an enjoyable activity that we can detach from things that really matter. Sex isn’t like telling a joke, drinking good wine, or watching a basketball game.

By Gary Gutting

September 8, 2016

Ethics

Secularism and Modernity

Sexuality

Article

A Book More Equal Than Others

Commonweal's role in promoting George Orwell's work stateside speaks to the author's ethical sensibility and the history of American Catholicism.

By John Rodden and John P. Rossi

September 8, 2016

Secularism and Modernity

Article

Georgetown's Sins & Ours

Georgetown is taking bold steps to atone for its role in the slave trade. Catholic institutions bear a special burden, but they also have a unique opportunity.

By The Editors

September 6, 2016