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IssueVol. 149 Issue 010 (November 1 2022)
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Paid articleLetters
Responses to the “Abortion After Dobbs” symposium GOOD VERSUS GOOD Commonweal’s full reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organiza­tion is one I have awaited...
Paid articleResponding to Saudi Arabia
Irreconcilable Differences How to describe the strange relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia? It has been variously called a “friendship,” a “partnership,” and—despite the lack of...
Paid articleThe protests in Iran
Simon, Isabella
Rail Strike Looms, Again On September 15, the Biden administration helped broker a deal between freight-rail carriers and the twelve unions that represent American rail workers. Touted as avert­ing...
Paid articleElon Musk's international influence
Preziosi, Dominic
Musk Amok Elon Musk is more than a tech mogul and the world’s richest man. Even as he stirs things up on the American political scene, he’s also making forays into geopolitics. The founder of...
Paid articleRon DeSantis's plans
Lupfer, Jacob
JACOB LUPFER All in Ron’s Plans Whether tweaking Trump or triggering libs, DeSantis knows just what he’s doing. The only real question about the reelection of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on...
Paid articleUnderstanding "Bidenomics"
Annett, Anthony
ANTHONY ANNETT After Neoliberalism ‘Bidenomics,’ explained A decade ago it was common to hear Republicans complain­ing about “Obamanomics,” but the term conveyed little meaning. “Bidenomics,” by...
Paid articleEvery pregnancy is different
Gordon, Mary
This Pregnancy Mary Gordon Each one is different. Editor’s Note: The September issue of Commonweal featured a symposium titled “Abortion After Dobbs.” The magazine has been publishing a series of...
Paid articleFour poems
Wilder, Rex
Four Poems by Rex Wilder NOT A WEEK GOES BY Not a week goes by in treat- Ment without my wondering How I became that creep, A kind of solo lover blundering Through the human showroom...
Paid articleCommunity organizing in the Bronx
Markey, Eileen
Who Will Save The Bronx? Eileen Markey Can’t Breathe In the spring of 2020, the ambulance sirens never stopped wailing in the Bronx. Covid galloped through the borough, a sub-city of 1.4 million...
Paid articlePope Francis, John Ruskin, and Laudato si'
McCarraher, Eugene
The Storm Cloud of the Twenty-First Century Eugene McCarraher John Ruskin, Pope Francis, and global warming The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the...
Paid articleHow the Church became modern
Chappel, James
The Rock and the Peregrine James Chappel How the Church became modern Catholics are obsessed with their history. In researching my own book on Catholic history, I met scores of Catholic laypeople...
Paid article"More Furious, More Irrefutable"
Kampa, Stephen
MORE FURIOUS, MORE IRREFUTABLE Stephen Kampa Latest fact: it turns out jet contrails aren’t governmentally dispensed psychotropic agents bioengineered to turn the heartland American population...
Paid articleImages from Khuzestan, Iran
Daryani, Solmaz
A Barren Eden Ecological devastation in Iran’s Khuzestan Province SOLMAZ DARYANI Oil from Khuzestan Province, in south­west Iran, once lit up cities all over the world. Eighty percent of Iran’s...
Paid articleTwo Sides of Dignity
Bradatan, Costica
Two Sides of Dignity COSTICA BRADATAN We use language very much like a commuter who has taken the same train to work every morning for years: mechanically, distractedly, almost always with other...
Paid articleWhat's the Ius?
Jagannathan, Dhananjay
What’s the Ius? DHANANJAY JAGANNATHAN The stated aim of Adrian Vermeule’s Common Good Constitutionalism is to restore American legal theory and practice to its roots in classical law, the mix of...
Paid articleFailure to Thrive
Hammer, Viva
Failure to Thrive VIVA HAMMER From time immemorial, the human population on Earth has been remarkably stable. Over extended periods and many generations, the number of births almost perfectly...
Paid articleOld Towns, New Havens
Deignan, Tom
Old Towns, New Havens TOM DEIGNAN The “three newcomers” in Susan Hartman’s intimate, powerful new book are Sadia, an outspoken, efferves­cent high-school student from Somalia; Mersiha, a...
Paid articleRead in One Sitting
Petty, Adam Fleming
Read in One Sitting ADAM FLEMING PETTY Writers love writing about themselves. Indeed, one could argue that’s simply what writers do, no matter the subject at hand. A novel about nineteenth-century...
Paid article"Eventide"
Stalcup, Michael
EVENTIDE Michael Stalcup And still, every night, You transfigure with love these waters above into wine. MICHAEL STALCUP is a Thai-American missionary living in Bangkok, Thailand. His poetry...
Paid articleBy and By, Lord
Futterman, Steve
By and By, Lord STEVE FUTTERMAN There were three acts on the bill, each a headliner in his own right, and the top admission price was two dollars. In what now seems like an alternative universe,...
Paid articleRemote work and vocation
Oleynick, Griffin
I’ll Take New York GRIFFIN OLEYNICK This past summer and fall, as workers across the country resumed their com­mutes and began dutifully filing back to their offices, I decided to spend a few...
Paid articleTwo Poems
Poreba, Elizabeth
Two Poems by Elizabeth Poreba His love endures forever. also wrath because opposites exist though the brain has no patience with this — denuded hills slide seaward ancient pines buckle...
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