No chops. Catholic. Socialist. Digital Editor @commonwealmag. PhD in political theory @BrownUniversity
Brown University
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Max Foley-Keene retweeted
"In a fight with the high-octane antisemitism of a Nick Fuentes, Hazony shows up with some biblical exegesis (but 1 Samuel!) and an argument about early modern intellectual history (but Fortescue!). I can practically hear the Groypers responding: Who gives a shit?"
Excellent piece by my friend @MaxFoleyKeene, who went to Yoram Hazony's Erasmus Lecture (an annual First Things confab) and considers the plight of Hazony's project as its twin pillars, MAGA and Likud, both have seen better days commonwealmagazine.org/foley…
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
Excellent piece by my friend @MaxFoleyKeene, who went to Yoram Hazony's Erasmus Lecture (an annual First Things confab) and considers the plight of Hazony's project as its twin pillars, MAGA and Likud, both have seen better days commonwealmagazine.org/foley…
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
"I attended the Erasmus Lecture in Manhattan this year because I wanted to check in on the state of conservative intellectual life at a moment of crisis for the Trump project."
@MaxFoleyKeene with a dispatch on nationalist intellectual Yoram Hazony:
commonwealmagazine.org/foley…
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
The evening before Tuesday's landslide elections, I listened to Yoram Hazony—MAGA intellectual extraordinaire—deliver the prestigious Erasmus Lecture for the conservative religious magazine 'First Things.'
the vibe was weird!! wrote about it for @commonwealmag (link 👇)
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
The Associated Press has called the Providence mayor's race for David Morales, with 81% of the vote and 87% of precincts reporting.
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
David Morales will be the next mayor of Providence, per AP race call
The 28-year old democratic socialist will be the youngest mayor in city history
bostonglobe.com/2026/11/03/m…
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
It was my first @commonwealmag dinner and it was amazing. Inspiring honoree, so many friends and a fun party!
NEW: Commonweal honored Father John Jenkins with its Centennial Award on Monday in New York, 17 years after he defied dozens of American bishops to welcome Barack Obama to Notre Dame despite opposing his abortion policies.
Vanguard’s Jack Brennan, who presented the award, recalled the night Jenkins left the VIPs at Madison Square Garden to sit for hours with the family of a stranger who had suffered a heart attack. “He really is a priest first, isn’t he?” a guest asked him afterward.
In his acceptance speech, Jenkins defended institutions in an age of distrust, calling them “messy, fallible and sinful” while insisting that grace works through them anyway.
thelettersfromleo.com/p/a-pr…
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
How WEIRD was the RI primary? I dug in and found out.
- First time EVER that Baby Boomers were outnumbered by younger gens
- Smiley and McKee did better than when they won ???
- Early voting surpassed mail-in, also first time ever
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
One of my favorite writers (with a link to one of my other favorite writers!) on an exciting week in PVD @MaxFoleyKeene @by_ColinHogan
commonwealmagazine.org/moral…
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
How David Morales won:
Renters who voted early.
- Just 3 precincts on West Side / Fed Hill delivered a 1,445 vote advantage. Morales won by 1,343 votes.
- Winning a whopping 61% of the vote-share among Early Voters.
- Message discipline on the biggest issue. (ya, rent)
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
MAP: How David Morales won Providence
He dominated in the West End as expected, but also made inroads on the East Side; only 45 votes separate Smiley and Morales on the East Side (with some mail ballots still to be counted)
Interactive map here: bostonglobe.com/2026/09/10/m…
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
My boyfriend makes $30,000 more than I do, but we still split everything. Is it too much to ask to be “treated like a lady” and have him pay for dinners and vacations?
Advice columnist Carolyn Hax weighs in.
Read more: wapo.st/3SxQmZU
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
“If had a nickel for every time this year a controversy-stoking Twitter power-user who attended college in Ohio in the late 2000s published a follow-up memoir to their decade-old, bestselling account of early life, I'd have two nickels.”
@Dorothy410berry
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
Red Sox record through 108 games:
2026: 57-51
2025: 57-51
2024: 57-51
2023: 57-51
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
I truly loved my friend @MaxFoleyKeene's essay on America at 250—superb writing about, among other things, writing—and the hope found in the literary legacy of the founding generation. Plus: pamphlets, slop, MAGA, Dorothy Day, and more. Excerpt below, link in the next post:
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
The United States, on its 250th birthday, is a country in decline. American Catholics should embrace this sour semiquincentennial as a moment for discernment.
New from @MaxFoleyKeene:
commonwealmagazine.org/ameri…
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
Give our new digital editor, @MaxFoleyKeene, a quick follow!
And read his latest below:
Hey!! I'm extremely excited to be writing a good bit more for @commonwealmag, now that I'm starting as their new digital editor.
Below, I'm linking to my ~America 250 take~ on early American pamphlet wars, MAGA slop, and Christian hope:
Max Foley-Keene retweeted
It's been very fun to return to some of the political theory texts I spent most of my 20s studying, and I'm especially grateful to nerd friends like @MaxFoleyKeene for fielding, to take an example, the 5 minute voice message I just sent about studying PT at Berkeley in the 60s