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Thomas D. Howes

@ThomasDHowes

@VitalCenterMag - Co-Author: @whypostlibfail (2026) - Next book: Beyond Postliberalism. Lecturer. Politics & Ethics Vatican II stan.

Princeton, NJ Bergabung Kasım 2022
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Thomas D. Howes
Thomas D. Howes@ThomasDHowes·
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.
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Thomas D. Howes@ThomasDHowes·
@Zheschool That's totally fair. In part, I wanted to cover any accusations you weren't fair. You were very fair to them, and you're right there were plenty of heroes who stood out. Maritain, Simon, de Lubac, Congar, among them.
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Nathan Beacom
Nathan Beacom@Zheschool·
@ThomasDHowes Thanks! I am not sure who was earliest, of the Bishops. Definitely some of them covered themselves in shame, but part of what I hoped to show is that, even if you've started to go down a bad route, you can always jump off the train!
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Thomas D. Howes
Thomas D. Howes@ThomasDHowes·
Great article, but if anything it goes easy on the French bishops. Unless I'm missing something, it took almost two years for any of them to speak out publicly against Vichy.
Nathan Beacom@Zheschool

In the years before WWII, France was highly polarized along partisan lines. This caused many people to lose moral clarity. Their defensive, combative mindset led them to betrayal of their country, their neighbors, and themselves. I tell a bit of the story here:

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Nathan Beacom
Nathan Beacom@Zheschool·
In the years before WWII, France was highly polarized along partisan lines. This caused many people to lose moral clarity. Their defensive, combative mindset led them to betrayal of their country, their neighbors, and themselves. I tell a bit of the story here:
The Dispatch@thedispatch

The Philosophers and Churchmen Who Fell for Fascism: Moral lessons from Vichy France | @Zheschool in The Monday Essay thedispatch.com/article/vichy-…

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J.P.A.@2Philosophical_·
People’s metaphysical commitments are generally a poor guide to whether they’ll have reasonable normative and broadly practical commitments. In other words, having one’s metaphysical house in order is not much of a safeguard against being a moral idiot. Many such cases.
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WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧@WarMonitor3·
BREAKING: Ukraine's military intelligence has "irrefutable" evidence that ​Russia continues to provide intelligence ‌to Iran-Zelenskyy.
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Paul R. DeHart
Paul R. DeHart@PaulRDeHart·
So bad it’s numerous. Let’s fix it 1. Thomas Aquinas 2. Thomas A’Kempis 3. Thomas Reid 4. Thomas Hobbes (I say that as a Hobbes scholar. 5. Thomas Nagel (who is better on mind and teleology than Hobbes) 6. Or lower: Tommy Kuhn, whose work on the history of science is far excelled by Ed Grant. How do people not know Ed Grant is the real historian of science… 7. The lowest rung goes to the Gospel of Thomas but put the disciple Thomas at the top of the list.
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Thomas D. Howes@ThomasDHowes·
@PaulRDeHart I thought Kuhn had some helpful observations, but a lot of what he said that was good was already in Michael Polanyi. Not to completely take away from his contribution. He's important, still.
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Phil Magness
Phil Magness@PhilWMagness·
Looks like Orban's bid to salvage himself by generating a fake conflict with Ukraine is going about as well as his price controls, birth rate subsidy programs, and overall economic growth...
Europe Elects@EuropeElects

Hungary, Medián poll: TISZA-EPP: 55% (+4) Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 35% (-4) MH-ESN: 6% (+1) DK-S&D: 2% (+1) MKKP→G/EFA: 2% (-1) +/- vs. 07-13 January 2026 Fieldwork: 18-23 February 2026 Sample size: 1000 ➤ europeelects.eu/hungary

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Kit1989
Kit1989@Kit19892·
@ThomasDHowes any other Thomases that are important. I can't think of any. Certainly none that have a book coming out in the near future.
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Max Abrahms
Max Abrahms@MaxAbrahms·
It is scandalous such a dumb conspiracy theory-loving Groyper was head of the National Counterterrorism Center.
redpillbot@redpillb0t

Joe Kent dropped a massive bombshell in his interview with Tucker Carlson: “One of Trump’s closest advisors who was advocating for us to not go to war with Iran and to rethink our relationship with Israel is suddenly assassinated and then we were told to stop investigating it.”

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James M. Patterson
James M. Patterson@McGillPatterson·
Whoever is posting for @CarriePrejean1 is running an unreconstructed version of Maurrassisme. For her, the authority of noted crank E. Michael Jones is greater than that of the successors to the Apostles, and she hopes to divide the Church on behalf by turning her audience from a devotion to Christ to a hatred of the people from which Christ was born.
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