The Kingfish is a worthy model for right-wing populists. The post What Vance Sees in Huey Long appeared first on The American Conservative .
History What Vance Sees in Huey Long The Kingfish is a worthy model for right-wing populists. At a steel plant in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio last week, J.D. Vance invoked the memory of a “great Southern populist.” “His name was Huey Long,” the vice president said, “and he once said ‘Every Man a King’ was the goal of his political program.” Noting that Long—the Depression-era Louisiana governor and U.S. senator popularly known as the Kingfish—was “an interesting guy, kind of a crazy guy,” Vance connected his program with the Trump administration’s agenda: But no man is a king if their castle is…Open
President Trump’s Iran War leaves him politically exposed amid the affordability crisis. The post Your $20 Burrito Was Made in Washington appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Your $20 Burrito Was Made in Washington President Trump’s Iran War leaves him politically exposed amid the affordability crisis. The Flying Burrito Brothers were a classic country rock band that was at its best in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Evidently, later configurations persisted for years afterward even without the participation of key original members. There is now a new reason for the band, in whatever form it currently exists, to retire the name: It more accurately describes members of the very online conservative movement in the year of our Lord 2026. Having anticipated the great burrito debate many months…Open
Nixonmaxxers turn a good but flawed statesman into an idol. The post Why All The Hype For Nixon? appeared first on The American Conservative .
History Why All The Hype For Nixon? Nixonmaxxers turn a good but flawed statesman into an idol. (Bettmann / Contributor/Getty Images) More than three decades after his death, Richard Milhouse Nixon is finally having his moment. A new generation of conservatives has come to admire the 37th president. They see him as the model Republican leader, far superior to Ronald Reagan and even Donald Trump. Hype edits of his speeches regularly go viral on social media. To those who partake in Nixonmaxxing, as the phenomenon has been dubbed, he is the man who nearly saved America—until the deep state took him out. On the one…Open