Restoring America

Conservative values, National renewal

Politicians used to be boring in public. It was better then

By Jay Caruso

Published August 13, 2026 6:00am ET

I just turned 56, and as a Gen Xer, I am old enough to remember when the vice presidency was a ceremonial job that included attending funerals for foreign dignitaries, sitting behind a president during the State of the Union address, attending ribbon cuttings, but mostly long stretches of doing nothing anyone noticed.

I miss those days.