[The Louiswu]

I was going to give this book a pass not my cup of tea, but now I’ll try giving it a read...if it makes the Left go Hmmm, that’s enough for me.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Read about cutting off the chicken’s head in the front yard of the Ohio suburb.

[RoosterRedux]

I am within a few hours of completing "Hillbilly Elegy" right now and would report that it provides a huge amount of backstory on Vance and how he became who he is today.

I would attribute his success to the influence of his grandmother and the USMC. The adult influences in his young life, his tumultuous childhood, military experience, and time at Yale Law were loaded with opportunities for Vance to gain a very broad (and rare) perspective on American life.