What’s So New About the ‘New Right’?

JD Vance and his allies represent a mind-set that dates back to the McCarthy era and the dawn of the Cold War.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/magazine/jd-vance-new-right-republicans.html?smid=em-share

The Real Reason Trump and Vance Hate Being Called ‘Weird’

It reminds voters how far out of the mainstream Republicans have gotten.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/opinion/trump-vance-harris-walz-weird.html?smid=em-share

J. D. Vance is just the man that the Catholic right has been waiting for, @DamonLinker writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/jd-vance-post-liberal-catholics-thiel/679388/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Democrats Have Needed Someone Like Tim Walz for Decades

The Minnesota governor fills a decades-long geographic messaging gap for Democrats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/opinion/tim-walz-prairie-populist.html?smid=em-share

Sarah Smarsh is a journalist and the author of the forthcoming book “Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class” and “Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth.”

Keir Starmer’s party beat the far right and far left by addressing real voters’ problems.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/07/uk-elections-2024-labour-party/678892/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Our democratic habits have been killed off by an internet kleptocracy that profits from disinformation, polarization, and rage. Here’s how to fix that.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/the-internet-doesnt-have-to-be-awful/618079/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

What Democrats Need to Do Now By David Brooks

If Democrats hope to win, they have to take the MAGA worldview seriously and respectfully make the case, especially to working-class voters, for something better.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/opinion/maga-trump-vance-democrats.html?smid=em-share

The changes in vibes — why did they happen?

by  Tyler Cowen July 17, 2024 at 12:49 am in 

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/07/the-changes-in-vibes-why-did-they-happen.html

JD Vance and the Tech-Trad Alliance

How Silicon Valley and religious conservatism might converge.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/vance-tech-alliance.html?smid=em-share

The Market Doesn’t Always Get It Right

Wisdom rooted in experience and expertise should mean something.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/31/opinion/markets-education-media.html?smid=em-share