Jim Goad, who needs no introduction, was Nick Jeelvy‘s esteemed guest on the latest broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc, where they cast a critical eye on newly-elected Ohio Senator J. D. Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy, taking a few entertaining detours along the way, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
Tag: J. D. Vance
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We have no idea what the final outcome of the US midterm elections will be, with several crucial races having yet to be called, and nobody is promising anything until next week — and even then, the Chairman of Arizona’s Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is saying, “Don’t hold me to it.” (That’s code for “Ignore this shady stuff and please don’t do another January 6, okay?”)
In the meantime, let’s take a look at four of the most interesting Republican candidates and one who flopped. (more…)
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White identity politics is inevitable, necessary, moral and now a powerful, statistically viable campaign platform.
The spring primaries are full of optimistic pro-white messaging, and it’s producing results; (more…)
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November 16, 2021 Counter-Currents Radio
Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 389 Greg Johnson & Thomas Steuben Talk to BioShock Documentary Producer American Krogan
On yet another episode of Counter-Currents Radio, host Greg Johnson and frequent Counter-Currents contributor Thomas Steuben were joined by special guest American Krogan to discuss his BioShock video series, as well as answer YOUR QUESTIONS, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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Michael Brendan Dougherty
My Father Left Me Ireland: An American Son’s Search for Home
New York: Sentinel Books, 2019When this was first published a couple of years ago, reviewers had two distinct takes about the book. One was that it was a wistful, sometimes bittersweet memoir about growing up without a father, because the father was off in Ireland, having never married Dougherty’s American mother; and also, the author had some romantic notions about Ireland, and wasn’t that special. (more…)
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There are many odd and irksome things about the new Hillbilly Elegy movie on Netflix. For my money, the strangest aspect of the production is that it has only a superficial resemblance to J. D. Vance’s 2016 book. It’s as though you were to make a movie of Moby-Dick, knowing only that it has a ship and a white spermaceti whale and a mad captain who stumps around on a peg-leg. (more…)