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CULTURE, OPPORTUNITY AND J.D. VANCE
It is a cultural moment all on its own.J.D. Vance— author of the very popular “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” — offers the keynote remarks Thursday for a significant event at The Heritage Foundation in the nation’s capital. The leading conservative think tank releases “The 2017 Index of Culture and Opportunity: The Social and Economic Trends that Shape America,” and it is a humdinger.
“The problems of culture and opportunity demand smarter and better policy at all levels of government, participation of civic institutions, and energetic private-sector players. But asking the right questions is a necessary first step,” says Mr. Vance.
On hand for the thoughtful doings:Helen M. Alvare, George Mason University law professor; the Rev.Derek McCoy, executive vice president, Center for Urban Renewal and Education;William Mattox, director of the J. Stanley Marshall Center for Educational Options at James Madison Institute;Henry Olsen, senior fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center;Israel Ortega, spokesperson for the LIBRE Initiative. The 90-minute event will be livestreamed at 10 a.m. EDT at Heritage.org.
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Article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/19/inside-the-beltway-weathering-the-storm-trump-styl/
