The New Center Is Here

A Newsletter From Sohrab Ahmari

Friends, sorry to be a day late again. You can guess why: Between J.D. Vance’s selection as Donald Trump’s running mate and the appearance of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien at the Republican National Convention, there is a lot happening in the world that touches on Compact’s project. Or let me put that more forthrightly: that vindicates Compact’s project, encapsulated in the usual subtitle to this Substack: The New Center.

The New Center—a middle consensus devoted to shared prosperity and cultural stability—is taking shape before our eyes. J.D. Vance embodies it, and is the best messenger for it that Trump could’ve asked for.