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Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Together JD Vance and Marco Rubio Toast the New Right
Vice President JD Vance, introduced warmly by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, addressed what previously would have been described as an unusual group of Republicans. The pair attended the black-tie gala of the American Compass institute to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the think tank that best encapsulates, and has most advanced, the New Right, a kind of conservatism defined by skepticism of corporate capital, adoration of union labor, wariness of foreign entanglements, a belief in a more muscular America, and an appetite for bigger government. None of this was Republican orthodoxy a few short years ago, but now the apostates are ascendent. Vance was interviewed Tuesday by Oren Cass, the former Mitt Romney advisor now despised by the business-friendly Wall Street Journal editorial board, a fact the American Compass founder proudly referenced throughout the evening. From the main stage of the National Building Museum, a center devoted to American architecture, Cass surveyed the movement he helped built. And the vice president agreed. "This is a 20-year project to actually get America back to commonsense economic policy," Vance told a crowd decidedly on the younger side. How should this project, the one the Trump administration is pursuing, be judged? The working-class standard he offered: "I just want normal people who work hard and play by the rules to have a good life." What "worries the hell out of" Vance is the fact that life expectancy has dropped in the United States over the last 40 years when at the same time, at least in his estimation, the same sort of people "have been calling the shots." Read that: a cabal of global elites. They are the ones, these new conservatives complain, who pursued market efficiency overall, even if it meant gutting and offshoring domestic industry at the expense of national interest. "We were governed by complete morons," said the VP. Hence the need to move on from some of the old conservative ideas. Abigail Ball summarized the general idea. Said the executive director of the organization, "This country was built with an understanding that markets are for people, not ends in themselves." The populism of the last five years, defined by the first and second Trump seasons, represented "a paradigm shift" and "a rediscovery of that core conservative principle." It is also a kind of revolution. So said Vance. "Ive given up hope that we can persuade most of the think-tank intellectuals in Washington, D.C., to change," he told the crowd. "We can't change them. What we can do is replace them with all of you. And thats exactly what we aim to do." A new kind of elite listened to intellectualized MAGA boilerplate from Vance about the need to achieve fairer trade, reorient higher education to the national interest, and reshore manufacturing. They were the same themes of any Trump rally. But like the president, they are also ascendent in influence across normally crossways interests. The American Iron and Steel Institute sponsored the event featuring a heavy dose of protectionism. So did the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a somewhat unusual development considering previous Republican suspicion of labor. The corporate money was similarly ironic; BlackRock, Google, and Walmart all underwrote the evening. Fresh from a fight with the Wall Street Journal, Vance was the undeniable draw of the evening. Referencing the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a recent op-ed, the vice president had defended calling the markets "a tool" for government ends, something that more libertarian conservatives find anathema and was music to American Compass ears. Vance is different than the rest of the political class, Cass previously told RCP. The vice president, he said of his longtime friend, was "a founding member" of the New Right, he said, recalling late-night online debates from before his time in politics. "Vance brings a depth of understanding and eagerness to fight and win on the issues," he said, "that goes far beyond what you get from a typical politician." The same goes for Secretary of State Marco Rubio who pioneered much of the populism that now dominates the GOP. President Trump governs by gut. While in the Senate, Rubio tried to categorize and intellectualize MAGA. He called it "common good conservatism." He was first, not Vance, a genealogy the diplomat referenced playfully onstage. Rubio recalled meeting Vance "back when he was only a best-selling author and not even a political figure." Since joining the administration, his respect for the vice president has only grown, he added, saying that Vance was "doing a phenomenal job" and "my admiration for him has grown tremendously." The vice president later gushed that "Marco is, if anything, more impressive privately than he is publicly." More than just niceties, senior administration officials tell RCP that the friendship is genuine. Unspoken was the fact that there can only be one Republican presidential nominee in 2028. Both men have expressed interest in the job previously. But life after Trump will arrive at some point, and Republicans will have to have answer for what Trumpism means without Trump. Some conservatives, like Ben Shapiro, said that question is akin to saying "Whats compassionate conservatism outside of George W. Bush." The answer, that conservative once told RCP, was "not much." Vance, Rubio, and the ascendent GOP apostates say otherwise. Philip Wegmann is White House correspondent for RealClearPolitics.
Voice of America
15-03-2025
- General
- Voice of America
ລືມບ້ານຫຼັງໃຫຍ່ທີ່ມີເສົາໄປເລີຍ ງານວາງສະແດງ ການສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງສະຖາປັດຕະຍາກຳສະໄໝໃໝ່
ສະຖາປັດຕະຍາກຳໃນລັດທາງພາກໃຕ້ຂອງສະຫະລັດອາເມຣິກາຖືກເຊື່ອມໂຍງມາຍາວນານ ກັບບ້ານຫຼັງໃຫຍ່ທີ່ມີເສົາສູງໃຫຍ່ ລະບຽງດ້ານໜ້າທີ່ຍາວສຳລັບການຈັດງານສັງສັນ ແລະ ບ້ານແບບອານານິຄົມຝຣັງທີ່ປະດັບປະດາຢ່າງວິຈິດ ງົດງາມໃນເມືຶຶອງ ນິວອໍລີນ. ແຕ່ພິພິດຕະພັນອາຄານແຫ່ງຊາດໃນວໍຊິງຕັນງານວາງສະແດງທີ່ຊື່ວ່າ "A South Forty" ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ຈັດສະແດງໃຫ້ຄວາມສະຫງ່າງາມແບບພາກໃຕ້ແບບໃໝ່ ບໍລິສັດສະຖາປັດຕະຍາກຳຫຼາຍສິບແຫ່ງສົ່ງແບບໂຄງການຂອງຕົນທີ່ສ້າງຂຶ້ນຕາມທາງຕາເວນອອກສຽງໃຕ້ຂອງທາງຫຼວງລະຫວ່າງລັດໝາຍເລກ 40 ຊຶ່ງທອດຍາວຈາກຊາຍຝັ່ງ ລັດ ຄາໂຣໄລນາເໜືອ ໄປຫາ ລັດ ໂອກລາໂຮມາ. ທ່ານ ເຄທີ ແຟຣງໂກລ (Cathy Frankel) ຮອງປະທານຝ່າຍວາງສະແດງແລະ ການສັງລວມ ຂອງ National Building Museum ກ່າວວ່າ ' ເຮົາຮູ້ສຶກຕື່ນເຕັ້ນທີ່ໄດ້ຮ່ວມງານກັບມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລ ອາຣຄັນຊໍ ເພື່ອຈັດງານວາງສະແດງນີ້ເພື່ອຍ້ອງຍໍສະຖາປະນິກທີ່ເຮັດວຽກຢ່າງດີເລີດໂດຍເຮັດວຽກກ່ຽວກັບສະຖາປັດຕະຍາກຳທ້ອງຖີ່ນແລະສະຖາປັດຕະຍາກຳຮ່ວມສະໄໝ ແລະ ຄິດໃໝ່ວ່າສະຖາປັດຕະຍາກຳທາງພາກໃຕ້ແມ່ນຫຍັງ' ໃນເມືອງນິວອໍລີນ ບໍລິສັດຂອງ ໂຈນາທານ ເທຕ ກຳລັງອອກແບບໂຄງການທີ່ຢູ່ອາໄສລາຄາປະຢັດ ສ່ວນໃນລັດຄາໂຣໄລນາເໜືອ ສະຖາປະນິກ ແຄທເທີຣີນ ໂຮແກນ ແລະ ທີມງານຂອງຍານາງ ກຳລັງອອກແບບໂຮງຮຽນແລະ ສູນວັດທະນາທຳ ນອກຈາກນີ້ South Forty ຍັງມີໂຄງການມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫ່ງອະນາຄົດ ຂອງ Arkansas Community Design Center ນໍາດ້ວຍ. ລວມເຖິງໂບດ Presbyterian Church ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ຮັບການບູລະນະຄືນໃໝ່ຕາມແບບຂອງຍຸກກາງສັດຕະວັດທີ 20 ໃນເມືອງ ເມມຟິສ ລັດ ເທັນເນັສຊີ. ທ່ານ ປີເຕີ ແມກເຄທ (Peter MacKeith) ຄະນະບໍດີ ຂອງ Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design ແຫ່ງມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລລັດ ອາຣຄັນຊໍ ກ່າວວ່າ. 'ຂ້ອຍຫວັງວ່າງານວາງສະແດງຂອງເຮົາຈະສະແດງໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າສະຖາປັດຍະກຳຮ່ວມສະໄໝຂອງພາກໃຕ້ຍັງຄົງມີຊີວິດຊີວາ ມີຄຸນນະພາບຂອງການກໍ່ສ້າງ ມີຄວາມເອົາໃຈໃສ່ໃນລາຍລະອຽດ.' ງານວາງສະແດງນີ້ສະແດງໃຫ້ເຫັນພາກໃຕ້ ໃນມຸມມອງຂອງສະຖາປະນິກເຫຼົ່ານີ້ ມີຊີວິດຊີວາ ກ້າຫານ ແລະ ມີຊີວິດຊີວາ ສະຖາປັດຕະຍາກຳບໍ່ແມ່ນເປັນພຽງແຕ່ການບໍລິການຫຼືຜະລິດຕະພັນເທົ່ານັ້ນ ແຕ່ຍັງມີພະລັງໃນການສະແດງໃຫ້ເຫັນເຖິງສິ່ງສຳຄັນສຳລັບຊຸມຊົນເຫຼົ່ານີ້ອີກດ້ວຍ ຣອຍເດັກເກີ (Roy Decker) ສະຖາປະນິກແຖວໜ້າຂອງ ດູວອລ ເດັຄເກີ້ (Duvall Decker) ກ່າວວ່າ ' ແມ່ນຫຍັງຄືຄວາມຍືນຍົງ ແມ່ນຫຍັງຄືຄວາມເທົ່າທຽມ ແມ່ນຫຍັງຄືຄວາມປະຢັດ ເຮົາເຮັດວຽກໃນພື້ນທີ່ທີ່ມີຊັບພະຍາກອນຈຳກັດ ມີຄວາມຕ້ອງການ ແລະ ຄວາມບໍ່ເທົ່າທຽມທີ່ຫຼວງຫຼາຍ ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຄຳຖາມກໍ່ຄືສະຖາປັດຕະຍາກຳສາມາດມີອິດທິພົນໃນທາງບວກໄດ້ຢ່າງໃດ' South Forty ຍັງສຳຫຼວດພື້ນທີ່ສາທາລະນະ ໂຮງຮຽນ ສູນວັດທະນາທຳ ແລະ ສິ່ງອຳນວຍຄວາມສະດວກອື່ນ ໆ ທີ່ຊ່ວຍປັບປຸງຄຸນນະພາບຊີວິດຂອງຊຸມຊົນໃນທ້ອງຖີ່ນ. ທ່ານ ປີເຕີ ແມັກເຄທ ຈາກ Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design ກ່າວວ່າ ' ມາຣລອນ ແບລັກແວລ ທ່ານຈະເຫັນຜົນງານຂອງເຂົາແລະຜົນງານຂອງການເຮັດວຽກຂອງເຂົາ ໂຄງສ້າງຂະໜາດໃຫຍ່ຄ້າຍຄືໂຮງນາ ແທ້ຈິງແລ້ວຄືໂຮງຮຽນ ນີ້ເປັນງານທີ່ບໍ່ທຳມະດາ' ອ່ານບົດລາຍງານເປັນພາສາອັງກິດ Architecture in the Southern US States has long been associated with grand columned mansions, long front porches for socializing, and the ornate French colonial homes of New Orleans. But at the National Building Museum in Washington, an exhibition called "A South Forty" is showing off a new Southern aesthetic. Dozens of architectural firms submitted the designs of their projects built along a southeastern section of Interstate 40 that stretches from the North Carolina coast to Oklahoma. Cathy Frankel is the vice president for exhibitions and collections at the National Building Museum "We were excited to partner with the University of Arkansas to bring this exhibition, to highlight the architects who are doing such great work, working with vernacular and contemporary architecture, rethinking what Southern architecture is.' In New Orleans, Jonathan Tate's firm is working on designing affordable housing projects. In North Carolina, architect Katherine Hogan and her team are designing schools and cultural centers. A South Forty also features the futuristic University of Arkansas Community Design Center as well as the renovated mid-century Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Peter MacKeith is Dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, at the University of Arkansas Peter MacKeith, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design "I hope our exhibition demonstrates there is a vitality to contemporary architecture of the South, there's a quality of construction, there's a thoughtfulness to it.' The exhibit depicts the South the way these architects see it – dynamic, bold, and vibrant. Architecture is more than just a service or a product; it has power to show off what's important to these communities, says Roy Decker, the lead architect with Duvall Decker. "What is sustainable? What is equitable? What is economical? We practice in an area that has limited resources and great needs and disparities. So, the question is, how can architecture be a positive influence?' A South Forty also explores public spaces – schools, cultural centers, and other facilities that improve the quality of life of local communities. Peter MacKeith, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design "Marlon Blackwell – you can see his work and his practice's work. A large, barnlike structure – that's actually a school. // This is extraordinary work!" The exhibit opened in mid-February and will remain open until winter of 2026.
The Independent
14-03-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Evangelical Christian family disrupt gala dinner attended by Taoiseach
Members of a high-profile evangelical Christian family from Ireland have disrupted a gala dinner in Washington DC attended by Irish premier Micheal Martin. Three members of the Burke family were intercepted by security personnel and police as they entered the floor of the Ireland Funds dinner. They shouted loudly as they were pulled back through curtains surrounding the main dining space during a speech by the head coach of the Washington Commanders NFL team Dan Quinn. Chaotic scenes ensued as law enforcement officers grappled with them and forcibly removed them from the National Building Museum. Members of the family have been involved in protests and legal disputes in Ireland arising out of the suspension of Enoch Burke from his job as a teacher. Mr Burke was imprisoned for contempt of court for refusing to stay away from the school where he worked. The dispute stemmed from incidents over a request from the school's then-principal to address a student by a new name and the pronoun 'they'. Mr Burke argued his suspension was unlawful and went against his right to express his religious beliefs. Enoch's mother Martina and two of his siblings – Ammi and Isaac – shouted criticism of Taoiseach Mr Martin as they were taken from the building. Quinn, who was making a speech after being honoured with an award by the Ireland Funds philanthropic organisation, tried to make light of the disruption, joking that the incident was like being at a game of the Commanders' divisional rivals the Philadelphia Eagles. The family entered the gala venue around 15 minutes after Mr Martin had concluded his own speech at the event, which is a key fixture in the Irish American calendar in the US capital ahead of St Patrick's Day. Earlier in the evening, the same family members stood outside the building, accompanied by Enoch's father Sean, holding placards highlighting their campaign. After they were later ejected from the event, the family members continued to articulate criticism of Mr Martin and Ireland's deputy premier Simon Harris as they stood on the pavement outside the building surrounded by members of the media delegation that accompanied the Taoiseach to Washington. 'The Irish people live in fear, teachers are afraid to go to schools,' said Martina Burke. 'Every single child is taught LGBTQ+, bisexual, transgender as fact, it's a sad day. It's a sad day for Ireland. We need President Trump to know the truth but Micheal Martin is fooling them.' Mrs Burke repeatedly said she did not want to speak to the Irish media, accusing them of working for the Irish government and the judiciary. 'The Government and the judiciary are all working together, silencing the people. We are slaves in Ireland. You're fake journalists – you have no right to be here.' Issac Burke added: 'Enoch Burke was in prison for 513 days.' Ammi Burke claimed: 'Micheal Martin is stripping Enoch Burke of his salary.' At one point, police officers moved the family away from the entrance to the building and asked them to stand further along the pavement.
Washington Post
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
The 41 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week
This is one of the biggest weekends of the year (so far), with multiple days of St. Patrick's Day parties bumping up against Pi Day, Holi, Nowruz and Women's History Month. We have celebrations of all those events included here, though we also have separate guides to St. Patrick's Day and Pi Day and have included only a few highlights here, so please read those stories for more inspiration. Beyond those holidays, though, we have a Jimmy Buffett-inspired Purim party, a day dedicated to drawing and doodling at the National Building Museum, the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington's spring concert, a booze-free silent book club, a Palestinian-inspired iftar dinner, new museum exhibits, and a festival dedicated to all the delicious ways to enjoy local grain.
CBS News
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
David Macaulay, America's "Explainer-in-chief"
Confession: I'm just mad about the mammoth, the one that wandered out of the Ice Age into one of author-illustrator David Macaulay's books – where he found his purpose in life (if that's a mammoth thing) helping Macaulay explain the way things work to kids. "I was desperate to find a humorous way of explaining levers," said Macaulay, who realized levers have probably been around for a long time. "So, I put the mammoth on the end of the log, and put the log on the rock to have a fulcrum, and the villagers on this end of the lever. The problem that had to be solved was, what does the mammoth weigh? So, it's as simple as that!" Since it came out in 1988, "The Way Things Work" has sold more than a million copies around the world. Mammoth (and a whole herd of his friends) have made their way into other Macaulay books as well. Asked how many mammoths he thinks he's drawn, Macaulay replied, "It's like 43,272, I believe. That's just a guess." With or without the help of mammoths, but always with a sense of humor, Macaulay has come to be known as "America's Explainer-in-chief." He is a multi-award-winning star in the children's picture book world and a Macarthur "genius grant" recipient, having explained all kinds of things in more than two dozen books over the course of his 50+ year career: the human body … cathedrals … castles … toilets … the pyramids … ships … the city of Rome. "I miss Rome," he said. "I think about it often, and I think about particular streets and places in Rome." As an architecture student at the Rhode Island School of Design, Macaulay spent a year there. Born in England, he moved to the United States at the age of ten with his family. An ongoing exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., explores the messiness of creating a book. It is toplined, literally, as chaos: "Chaos, that's where this process started, and in fact it's where all my books start," he said. "This whole thing [depicts] the inside of my brain, and those clouds floating overhead were an attempt to sort of suggest some of that, you know, the things that go through your mind when you think, This is not going to work." "Some of these look like procrastination," I said. "Oh, procrastination is my gift," said Macaulay. "I always find that in the end, if I'm using my imagination, if I'm asking the right questions, then the procrastination is working in my favor. I just have to keep drawing." And drawing … and drawing. The exhibits features just some of the drawings he produced while he was figuring out who would be the ideal tour guide of Rome with the perfect point of view. "Why not a pigeon carrying a message from somebody who lives outside the city to someone who lives inside the city? And it took the scenic route, which was ideal." Early one fall morning, Macaulay brought us to the Ledyard Bridge. On one aside, Vermont; over there, New Hampshire, the Connecticut River in-between. He began sketching the bridge: "The weight of all of this is supported on this arch, and transferred into these piers," he said. He wanted us to realize that, for him, sketching is seeing. Sketching is a language for understanding. "We look at things, but do we actually see them?" he said. "What better way to spend time with a structure like this than with a sketchbook in your hand, looking at specific details? I think that's my goal in a way, is to have people open their eyes to the ordinary, to the everyday, to the things they take for granted." Like the sorts of things, both man-made and natural, that Macaulay sees when he walks his dogs, Maya and Minnow, in Norwich, Vt., where he lives. His storyboard details the objects that hold his fascination: "Once she's stopped and I'm holding the leash, I think, 'I wonder how many pieces of wood are in that fence? Wonder how it's fastened together?'" Walks with Stella, his beloved previous dog, are the basis for the book he's working on now. What's starting to take shape on his wall is David Macaulay's stealth attempt to hook kids on the wonder right before their eyes. "I thought maybe I can create a book that will help them connect," he said. "What better way to do that than to maybe use myself as an example?" It's the first time his work has ever been this personal and introspective. At 78, this time, the point of view is his own. But why? And why now? "My sort of conscience, perhaps a little bit, a little payback here after all these years of being able to do what I want, really, and be successful at it, be rewarded for it," he said. "It's time to maybe pay that off." For more info:
