Peter Thiel is either dead, imprisoned, a liar, or intellectually inept. From the last page of The Straussian Moment , which I consider to be Peter Thiel’s magnum opus work of political philosophy: “But also there cannot be a decision to avoid all decisions and to retreat into studying the Bible in anticipation of the Second Coming, for then one will have ceased to be a statesman or stateswoman.”…
Two truths I found today (April 10 2026): 1) Stewart Brand is a liar, cheat, and/or imbecile. At the Interval cafe and listed on the website, there is heavy emphasis on this timeline of 20,000 years as “the Long Now.” And yet: a) he shows linear time with no mention of Jesus Christ, who broke us open to linear time and b) he mentions Ise Shrine of Japan as 4BCE, but makes no mention of the 10000+…
I recommend only Girard’s preface, not the material that follows it. Unless, as Girard says in the preface, you are seeking “amusing reading”, or entertainment. And read Schmitt.
Can we return to a culture of external mediation? This question should not be possible by the works of many so-called Girardian scholars, and yet it is because Girard explicitly states in the work “Innovation and Repetition” that we left the last phase of external mediation around 500 years ago: From Girard’s work “Innovation and Repetition”: “In the vulgar tongues, the need for the word appears…
Written in April and May 2024; Published in March 2026. # The problem with using the katechon as a rationalization for action, is that with many parties involved and with a complicated (and malicious) information environment – it becomes harder to know if our countries are the good guys acting in self defense, or are the bad guys using a good-guy mask to gain sympathy while intentionally doing bad…
Sharing a few videos here that explain some complicated topics from my life in 2025 and early 2026. February 2026 Driving Discussion Video One Where I’ve been, what happened, learnings, and what’s next I, Jeremy Welch, tied to responsibilities by writing Catastrophe of the Soul American Dream, parts founded on lies, known or unknown by leaders Always working to be the most responsible person in…
Palantir has been around since what… mid 2000s? And they’ve had access to MASSIVE amounts of data on peoples bank accounts and movements. It’s effectively a privatized version of the surveillance systems that Snowden revealed. How could they not know about the pedophile control and blackmail systems that are now being exposed? Why would Shyam or anyone else affiliated with Palantir need to call…
From the very first sentence you can tell this guy Shyam Sankar is an idiot. Ignore Shyam and this “Mobilize” book entirely: https://x.com/ssankar/status/1976291588524630318?s=46 “Undeclared state of emergency” is Schmittian and even worse, by not declaring the emergency he is declaring some kind of unlimited scope in the first sentence. This is the exact unlimited Schmittian power approach that…
Today at Mass I noticed a woman wearing a hat during the service. It was not a veil, it was clearly a hat. I did not know this, but it seems that John Paul II updated the protocol on hats in 1983 for both men and women. I will never wear a hat in church as a man out of my own choice. Despite it not being against church protocol, I don’t think other men should wear hats in church either since it is…
A few poems I wrote in late June 2025 while traveling in Italy and Japan. Piccola formica Marzia possente Impazzito con Cola ~ Little ant Mighty march Maddened by Cola Singing clear Dancing flight Favorite colors Blue as night Blackest depth Brightest sky A branch swaying with the wind Spiraling wheels Falling off Put back on Falling off Put back on Falling off Put back on Falling off Put back on…