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
Vice President JD Vance rallied for Republican candidates Friday at the same Middletown, Ohio, steel plant where his grandfather worked for decades, casting Democrats as a party that abandoned the working class. Vance took the stage inside the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works facility, formerly Armco Steel, and opened with a personal note that doubled as a […] The post Vance returns to the steel mill where his grandfather welded for 40 years — and pitches the GOP's blue-collar future appeared first on American Almanac .
Vice President JD Vance rallied for Republican candidates Friday at the same Middletown, Ohio, steel plant where his grandfather worked for decades, casting Democrats as a party that abandoned the working class. Vance took the stage inside the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works facility, formerly Armco Steel, and opened with a personal note that doubled as a political argument. His grandfather, James Vance, welded steel there for nearly 40 years. The family came north from Kentucky's hills looking for a middle-class life, and the plant delivered one. Now, Vance told the crowd, the party James Vance once supported for its union ties has become unrecognizable. As the Associated Press reported , Vance framed the visit as both a homecoming…Open
The vice president’s memoir was the first trumpet blast for a new generation’s politics. The post ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ at 10: Prologue to a Political Takeover appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ at 10: Prologue to a Political Takeover The vice president’s memoir was the first trumpet blast for a new generation’s politics. Ten years ago this month Hillbilly Elegy was released. A few weeks later, Rod Dreher gave the little-known author J.D. Vance a national platform with his review and subsequent interview that crashed The American Conservative’s website. Not only did Vance’s book explain an undercurrent of frustration among the white working class; it also exposed a cluelessness among elites, unaware of the Big Sort bubble they created, as evidenced by their bewilderment when Donald…Open
The Iran War obviously imperils the vice president’s path to power. The post Vance’s Next Move? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Vance’s Next Move? The Iran War obviously imperils the vice president’s path to power. J.D. Vance used to represent the future. Early in President Donald Trump’s second term, Vance already seemed a lock for the Republican nomination in 2028. Name recognition, a compelling biography, rhetorical skills, credibility with the “New Right,” and, perhaps most importantly, the seeming approval of Trump himself, who had tapped him as running mate—Vance had it all. No longer. For many voters, Vance now represents a deeply and increasingly unpopular administration that presides over a spluttering economy, geopolitical…Open