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Commentary Magazine

About

Commentary is America’s premier 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 1970s, 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. Many of Commentary’s articles have been controversial, and more than a few have been hugely influential, touchstones for debate and discussion in universities, among policy analysts in and out of government, within the ranks of professionals and community activists of all kinds, and in circles of serious thought worldwide. A large number of articles can be counted as landmarks of American letters and intellectual life. Agree with it or disagree with it, Commentary cannot be ignored. To read it is to take part in the great American discussion.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States
Established in 1945

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Published 12 x per year
Print Publication Print Publication
Published 12 x per year

AI Policy

Unknown AI policy

Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Jews.

Lengths:

Review: No specific word count limits known.
Article: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Critical, Mainstream.

Topics:

History: History of countries/regions, Military history.
Law/Juridical Science: General, International law.
Literature/Books.
Politics/Political Science: General, International relations.
Religion/Spirituality: Judaism.
Society/Culture: Current events, Ethnicity/Race.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Email. Postal.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 16 Aug 2026

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