The word “authenticity” is having a moment. In the context of product marketing and prominent consumer brands, one sees countless references to the criticality of purpose-driven marketing and the necessity of brands being perceived as authentic to garner the loyalty…
If you follow policy debates long enough, arguments you never thought you’d hear can become key components of the two parties’ policy platforms. That’s certainly the case when it comes to some Republicans and their new “never touch Social Security…
“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) Abraham Lincoln and other future-minded Whigs recognized this in 1854 when they created the Republican…
Republicans will control the House of Representatives, barely. The instability will require strategic brilliance, which is in short supply. Meanwhile, Donald Trump wants to run again, but he is done. Eventually, Joe Biden, who makes a fool of himself, will…
In Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir about Mountain Dew Mouth, pharmaceuticals, and blue-collar jobs that no longer exist, J.D. Vance notes that in 1984 his grandfather cast a ballot for Ronald Reagan. He noted, “Papaw never again voted against his beloved…
November is almost upon us, and the consensus among credible election analysts is that any momentum the Democrats enjoyed this summer has evaporated. Despite implausible claims about the ephemeral “Dobbs effect,” the election was always destined to be about inflation,…
Because Hollywoke no longer depicts — or even acknowledges — stay-at-home moms, I went for a Toxic Mother’s Day with Hillbilly Elegy. Ron Howard directed the movie based on J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir about growing up in a backwoods family…
When Hillbilly Elegy was published in June of 2016 its author, J.D. Vance, became an instant celebrity and a much-sought-after guest on the talking head circuit. He had everything — a best-selling book that was getting rave reviews in the…
In 2016, Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance did not have a lot of good things to say about Donald Trump. Tuesday, Vance won the Ohio Republican primary for the U.S. Senate with the help of Trump’s endorsement. Vance, a venture…
Three headlines that tell the tale: This from the New York Post: Romney says Donald Trump sure to win GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination This from Breitbart after this week’s GOP primaries in Ohio and Indiana: Clean Sweep: All 22 Trump-Backed Candidates Win…
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