Matthew Sitman

Article

The Travesty in Texas

People of goodwill, including those opposed to abortion, should condemn the Texas law and its bounty-hunter system of enforcement.

By Matthew Sitman

September 26, 2021

Abortion

Domestic Affairs

Gender

Article

Justice Breyer Needs to Retire

Justice Breyer should retire while he can be sure that a Democratic Senate will consider whomever Biden nominates.

April 28, 2021

Article

Stopping the Vote

In the wake of Biden’s victory, Republicans have undertaken a fierce assault on voting rights.

By Matthew Sitman

March 23, 2021

Domestic Affairs

Election 2020

Article

Public Health v. Culture War

Measures to restrict Mass attendance in a pandemic can be imperfect without being unconstitutional.

January 4, 2021

Article

Time in the Eternal City

The Church’s mission is not found in grandeur or glory, but as the guardian of tenderness, as a witness to the possibility of mercy.

By Matthew Sitman

December 24, 2020

Spirituality

Theology

Article

The “Weekend at Bernie’s” Primary

The democratic establishment continues to prop up Joe Biden, despite his alarming incoherence and deteriorating mental acumen.

March 3, 2020

Must Reads

Politics

Engaging Confederate Nostalgia

For those of us who have a visceral objection to Confederate Memorial Day, how should we engage a worldview that embraces the mythology of the Lost Cause?

By Richard Brown

May 10, 2023

Religion

St. Philip Neri’s Eucharistic Joy

Philip Neri is just the kind of saint we need: a model of lightness of spirit, divine laughter, and extraordinary ordinariness.

By John Rodden

May 26, 2023

Culture

Reckoning With Birth

Birth is one of humanity’s most under-explored subjects. Minimizing birth diminishes one of the greatest powers humans have had: the creation of life itself.

By Jennifer Banks

May 26, 2023

Books

Changing Our Minds About Time

In her latest book, Jenny Odell challenges the very idea of time management.

By Katherine Lucky

May 7, 2023

Collections

Father’s Day

Commonweal writers reflect on their fathers and fatherhood.

By The Editors

June 15, 2022