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David Chalmers’s new book, ‘Reality+,’ asks us to consider whether virtual worlds can be real, too.

“It is so hard to improvise a home / And make sure yourself is yourself”

“How you have remained beautiful / over these fourteen years, // beautiful and optimistic”

“Almighty, I’ve no knock-down proof of you— / You’re far beyond the reach of any thought, / All logic fails, no argument will do”

“Any mistake’s no big deal as they / do things their own way, sleeping // all day in attic and eave”

Readers argue for the value of the classics accessed digitally, skewer the hypocrisy of anti-LGBTQ clergy, and reflect on compassion.

Commonweal writers discuss what Dobbs is likely to mean for abortion law, American politics, and the challenge of creating a “culture of life” worthy of the name.