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JD Vance
Usha Vance Does Not Need Saving
The left wants to believe that every conservative wife is secretly miserable. But the vice president’s wife is ‘happy and healthy.’
Freya India
The Real Cause of J.D. Vance’s Failure in Iran
In an interview with Joe Rogan, he accused the Jewish state of undermining his peace deal that had already fallen apart.
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Rod Dreher: J.D. Vance’s Time for Choosing
The vice president went on Joe Rogan’s show and blamed Israel for his failed peace talks. Stab-in-the back theories about Israel will only accelerate…
Rod Dreher
J.D. Vance Isn’t a Catholic Statesman
He spends his new memoir in great frustration that the Church won’t issue him an indulgence so he can be a good Catholic, and also do whatever he wants.
Caitlin Flanagan
The Conversion of J.D. Vance
Most reviews of the vice president’s new memoir, ‘Communion,’ have been shaped by the writers’ opinions of his politics. I choose to take him at his…
Robert P. George
Democrats Can’t Decide Whether the Problem Is Fraud or the People Exposing It
While Republicans hunt for misspending, many Democrats denounce them before quietly launching their own investigations.
Jonas Du
The Catholic Case for War with Iran
The Church advocates peace, but it isn’t pacifist. Eliminating a nuclear threat from a determined enemy is a noble reason to make war.
Gerald Murray
Why the Vatican and the White House Are on the Outs
Inside the collapse of Washington’s relationship with the first American pope.
Mattia Ferraresi
Trump: Tucker Carlson Is Not ‘America First’
A festering dispute broke out into the open as Trump took aim at the media personality.
Eli Lake
J.D. Vance’s Iran Dilemma
The vice president is caught between Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson.
Eli Lake
Inside the Christian Civil War over Antisemitism
‘To be antisemitic is to be anti-Christian,’ a famous Catholic once said. Today, many young Catholics believe that’s outdated.
Peter Savodnik
Vance Wants Open Borders in the MAGA Coalition
The vice president says all are welcome on the right, including figures who promote conspiracy theories.
Eli Lake
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