the sanctimonious evangelical vs. the Schmittian: which way, GOP?

every time Vance does something evil, which is almost everyday, I think of this delusional try hard tweet

sir, a second naïveté has just hit the interpreter

this is the real unintended reformation

reading the patron saint philosopher of contemporary Popes: Paul Ricoeur

Surrounded YouTube debate but it’s Zizek vs 20 undergrads begging for grades on their term papers

Lib schleiermachean integralism is the end of history: you may not want it, but it wants you

Always a red flag when an author finds something in the world that annoys them and calls it a “religion”

when a political figure dies, their character and legacy will be adjudicated in public. This is true even when the death was horrible, unconscionable, evil. Liberals arguing it’s in bad taste will allow the right uncontested space for shit like this:

imagine unmuting to say “nothing from my end” here

POV: your sleep paralysis demon after you failed to universalize your maxim

deep down i always consider Vance more dangerous than Trump because he is a genuine true believer in the postliberal project

yes? or I’m not sure. I think yes

10/10 for the title alone

AI will turn our brains to soup, but it has given me infinite power to challenge my insurance company on medical bills

the right knows employers can do what they wish the state would: rule and ruin your life

Ezra Klein’s most recent column gives the game away: he talks about how horrified he was by Kirk’s assassination because he identifies with Kirk. Kirk, like Klein, talked for a living. So even if they had different policy positions, to some degree, Klein sees himself in Kirk. /1

your new antifa leader

how long until the Lacanians say “the unconscious is structured like an LLM”

cubs in the playoffs — rejoice !

Shapiro says his new book separates people into “lions” and “scavengers.” If you have grievances about the injustice of “the system” (are we still in the 1970s?), you’re an ungrateful scavenger

Klein is hit or miss for me. But even the “principled” right is just a sludge of cruelty, sanctimony, and stale thought

unfortunately got sucked in and listened to the whole thing. Maybe the second time I’ve ever heard Shapiro speak

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

could the answer to male loneliness be strolling down to the Piraeus with the buds to check out a new festival?

*podcast guest voice* they’ve done studies that show the real is rational and the rational is real. it’s in the studies

guy looking as stupid as possible: “try to keep up”

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

the most insufferable apologetics nerd you know is basking in decontextualized knowledge from a CCEL custom GPT www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up

September reads so far. Went on a Beiser kick

Zizek to tradcath pipeline — many such cases!

it’s not a choice. it’s not fun. We’re trying to complete the system of German Idealism

“Wow you’re onto something really profound,” ChatGPT tells local 19-year-old libertarian

You’re not an influencer with a “chipotle hack.” You’re in despair

just logged into Facebook for the first time in 5 years

Pete Hegseth (the alcoholic who terrorizes women) liking Douglas Wilson is the least surprising development of 2025.

“all new numbers”

“Surrounded debate” but it’s me (Troeltschian) vs 20 Barthians

if not worrying about the birth rate was good enough for St. Paul, then it’s good enough for me

the viral fascist who quoted Schmitt on that YouTube debate obviously hasn’t read my take down of Schmitt. Embarrassing and sad

got it

I wish I liked JPII more because this print is awesome

boss said we should “get the families together sometime.” How do I gently explain I have zero corporate ambition and his invitation sounds miserable

Redecorating the office. Framing this and hoping to find Niebuhr and MLK ones in equally good condition

absolutely not