Thomas D. Howes
@ThomasDHowes
Editor-in-Chief: @VitalCenterMag - Fellow: @austrianen - @whypostlibfail @ReaganCaucusAct Vatican II stan.
Some fun news: @McGillPatterson and I have signed a contract with @ActonInstitute to write a book in which we argue that the project of postliberalism is a revival of past failed projects, and a dead end for Catholics/Christians. The tentative title: Why Postliberalism Failed.
Dude: “I believe in Carl Schmitt’s friend/enemy distinction.” Boss: “OK. You are my enemy and are fired.” Dude: “Not like that!”
Horrible news, @FeelsGuy2003 (Pinesap) says he feels ‘destroyed’ after losing his well-paying job following the release of a Jubilee debate where he expressed his political views. You can disagree with his political philosophy, but Pinesap is one of the nicest people I have ever…
I enjoy some Chesterton. Along with other books and essays, Orthodoxy and Everlasting Man were great. But we need to be honest about the bad stuff, too.
When did you realize CS Lewis and GK Chesterton were right about pretty much everything?
In your charity,, please pray for a dear woman who just died suddenly. And for her husband and all who love her.
Schmittian bf, "he says his grandfather's from Argentina" gf
Who is a better philosopher, after all, someone who can write and speak in great detail about a niche topic but is pretty much at sea when they venture beyond that, or someone who can speak intelligently across a range of philosophical issues from philosophy of mind and language,…
What a steady diet of De Maistre, Bonald, Donoso Cortes, Maurras, and Schmitt gets you.
I actually LOLed in the part of the interview when he initiated (quite frankly) that he simply wouldn’t BE one of the people the regime wanted to kill! There are mass graves full of ideologues who the regime turned on.
C'mon guys it's no fair blaming the vice president's friend Patrick Deneen for the youthful fascist exuberance of... his postlib protégés he has promoted repeatedly and whose events he has headlined x.com/jasonahart/sta…
Would you believe me if I told you @PatrickDeneen promoted a Gen Z "postliberal" blog that published content from these antisemitic white nationalists? Or that when I warned Deneen about this, he blocked me -- and then *spoke at an event hosted by that blog* five months later? 🧵
That, too.
Also Deneen, Vermeule, and the postliberal blogosphere.
I'm so glad that I met my wife before the predominance of online dating. It sounds terrible.
It has arrived! youtube.com/watch?v=C5RKTn…
On a related note, look for Season 2 of the Why Postliberalism Failed podcast soon!
What's "L" about someone getting their life together?
Is posting this a W or L?
This is the biggest economic issue right now: the undersupply of housing.
Income needed to Buy median home: $116k Afford median rent: $64k the gap between the two is the biggest ever. The numbers used to be pretty close
As recently as 2 years ago, I would have insisted that this must be staged. No way it could be real. We're in trouble, people.
Quite frankly if I were forced in a presidential election to choose between voting for AOC and a candidate who supports this guy's worldview I would quite frankly vote for AOC. Quite frankly.
You know them by their fruits.
It looks like the NatCon and postliberal Schmittians just taught a bunch of kids that politics was about rewarding your friends and punishing your enemies. Great job, guys.
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We've had some great guests. Please check out our first ten episodes. youtube.com/@reagancaucusa…