Alex Stern
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Alex Stern
@AlexWStern
Features Editor @commonwealmag. Writing @aeonmag, @hedgehogreview etc Book: Fall of Language @Harvard_Press. Pitches: astern at commonwealmagazine dot org
New York, NY Joined Mart 2021
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"It is no accident that interest in this new science of consciousness has exploded as participation in mainstream religion has plummeted." good review of new Michael Pollan consciousness book by TM Luhrmann in @amscholar
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"A turn away from this imperial arrogance would be a conversion like no other in American history."
George Scialabba writes on America's criminal war in Iran:
commonwealmagazine.org/scialabba-iran…
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Me in @commonwealmag on why the NFL can't figure out what a catch is
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WOW: #Ravens are LIVID that tight end Isaiah Likely's catch was somehow NOT CALLED A TOUCHDOWN. 😳😳😳 The original call on the field was that this was a touchdown. Likely took two steps in the end zone. This could cost Baltimore the game.
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"I guess I’m at the end of my life, of course, but am I at the end of the road in terms of faith? I have no idea."
Martin Scorsese sits down with our own @AlexWStern to discuss filmmaking, religion, and ‘The Saints’:
commonwealmagazine.org/scorsese-inter…
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Wrote about the Frankfurt School on holiday for the Republic of Letters substack
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Today in @commonwealmag I'm confronting my past self:
commonwealmagazine.org/trump-new-righ…
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"The destruction of our rights and democracy is directly tied to the extreme wealth inequality that has been growing for years in America."
@AlexWStern on Bernie Sanders's 'Fighting Oligarchy Tour':
commonwealmagazine.org/bernie-hits-ro…
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Probably my favorite piece written about Francis during his papacy is my friend @vcunningham's beautiful essay on Fratelli Tutti, the encyclical Francis published in 2020. Below is how it begins, with a link to follow
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Commonweal writers on Pope Francis and his papacy. commonwealmagazine.org/francis-and-co…
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