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Vance’s Strategic Stumbling: Why a Yale-Educated VP Performs Incompetence

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Vance’s Strategic Stumbling: Why a Yale-Educated VP Performs Incompetence

Vice President J.D. Vance performs incompetence strategically, feigning ignorance on documented facts while maintaining contempt for supporters he publicly patronizes. His intellectual trajectory contradicts his deliberate public stumbling.

By The Spotlight Desk · 4 min read

Richard Hanania’s Case Against Populism—and Why It Matters Coming From Him

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Richard Hanania’s Case Against Populism—and Why It Matters Coming From Him

Richard Hanania, a former white supremacist turned Trump critic, argues that populist backlashes globally empower corrupt, ineffectual leaders. His thesis has merit. His credibility does not.

By The Spotlight Desk · 3 min read