https://znetwork.org/author/billyjstratton/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:52:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/billyjstratton/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-long-shadow-of-jd-vances-hillbilly-pathology/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-long-shadow-of-jd-vances-hillbilly-pathology/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1269523 After Andy Beshear’s upset win over Matt Bevin in my home state of Kentucky’s 2019 gubernatorial race (which I wrote about then in History News Network), some pundits were quick to dismiss his upset victory as little more than an aberration. Others attempted to explain it away as a natural consequence of an incompetent or unpopular incumbent, or as a columnist for Louisville’s Courier-Journal claimed, because [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-long-shadow-of-jd-vances-hillbilly-pathology/feed/ 0