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Matthew Sitman

Matthew Sitman is associate editor of Commonweal and the co-host of Know Your Enemy, a podcast about the American right.

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December 6, 2022
MagazineMatthew Sitman
Why Our Country Is Too Big Not to Fail
Maybe the United States was doomed from the start. And Jean-Jacques Rousseau can explain why.
April 15, 2021
MagazineMatthew Sitman
Whither the Religious Left?
Left-leaning people of faith will never be reliable allies of the Democratic Party, nor will the party reliably offer them a comfortable home. But their fortunes are linked.
May 21, 2020
Matthew Sitman
Why the Pandemic Is Driving Conservative Intellectuals Mad
The lockdown has produced a disparity between the old script of grievance and a sickness that can wreak destruction on anyone.

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