Author Archives: Nick Werle

white supremacists’ neuroses

The conventional wisdom is always the most interesting when its totally counterintuitive. After months of fearing that middle America’s racism would prevent an Obama victory, liberals have quickly pivoted to embrace the anxiety of an assassination attempt. This is juxtaposed against (and encouraged) by an emerging narrative that white supremacists were rooting for Barack all [...]

What to do about Still-President Bush

Though the serious infighting, undermining, and 2012 posturing started a couple weeks ago, things have really picked up in the week since the big day. The fault lines between the plutocrats and the Christian Nationalists are growing clearer by the day; both rookie Repugnicans and veterans of conservatism’s 90’s successes are lining up supporters and [...]