text: I thought the editors of Commonweal had a thoughtful, yet critical, take on the Civilta article. I find it telling that almost no one has seen fit to acknowledge, yet alone respond to it. Instead, there has been an echo chamber of groupthink that simply re-tweets praise & acclaim for the article, without acknowledging some of its weaknesses.
  
  As the Commonweal editors say: "But it is not just what you argue that matters; how you argue is equally important. On that score, Spadaro and Figueroa’s article is a mishmash of wild and erroneous claims, made in a disjointed, almost impenetrable style."