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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Luke Nicastro) - Vice Presidential Elegy Wed Aug 26 04:10:13 2026

J.D. Vance toplines the benefits of faith—but maintains his essential enigma. The post Vice Presidential Elegy appeared first on The American Conservative .

Culture Culture Vice Presidential Elegy J.D. Vance toplines the benefits of faith—but maintains his essential enigma. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, by JD Vance, HarperCollins, 304 pages. In 1990, the CNN founder Ted Turner called Christianity “a religion for losers.” Though compelled by a prudent regard for public opinion to apologize for this statement, it must be conceded the late media mogul had a point. Christ ministered to the poor and the sick, the widow and the orphan, the publican and the…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Clare Anne Ath) - Somebody’s Got to Build It Mon Feb 2 05:13:16 2026

A new book examines J.D. Vance and the end of libertarian illusions. The post Somebody’s Got to Build It appeared first on The American Conservative .

Politics Somebody’s Got to Build It A new book examines J.D. Vance and the end of libertarian illusions. J.D. Vance’s ascent from Rust Belt despair to vice-presidential power is more than political theater. It signals a fundamental rupture in conservative thought, one that Frank DeVito’s JD Vance and the Future of the Republican Party takes seriously as both biography and diagnosis. The subtext throughout is class. Vance’s rise captures the voice of forgotten workers, fractured families, and a culture frayed by globalization. When factories shuttered and communities crumbled, many fathers found themselves adrift, their roles…Open