Commentary Magazine Blog

Commentary is America's premier monthly magazine of opinion and a pivotal voice in American intellectual life. Since its inception in 1945, and increasingly after it emerged as the flagship of neoconservatism in the 1970's, the magazine has been consistently engaged with several large, interrelated questions: the fate of democracy and of democratic ideas in a world threatened by totalitarian ideologies; the state of American and Western security; the future of the Jews, Judaism, and Jewish culture in Israel, the United States, and around the world; and the preservation of high culture in an age of political correctness and the collapse of critical standards. Contentions serves as the magazine's daily voice, bringing a powerful roster of Commentary regulars and bold new talent into the digital fray, addressing the critical questions of our time in fresh ways, dedicated to reaching an ever-wider audience -- without sacrificing any of the analytical seriousness and acuity that have made Commentary America's leading magazine of opinion.