Nicholas Vargas (Purdue): Off White: Colorblind Ideology at the Margins of Whiteness. Finding people on Twitter who are into violent extremism is easy, but finding out who's the most successful at spreading extremist ideologies online is a lot harder. Nicolas Maduro’s narrow victory in Venezuela’s presidential election raises an important question: Can populism thrive without a genuinely popular, charismatic leader? That's rich: Wealthy Americans, more than the middle class, say the Grand Old Party is out of touch. Think tanking has just gotten a little bit more intriguing in Washington, DC due to "The Panel Crasher", an anonymous blogger who is documenting his quest to get free meals at think tanks. Henry Farrell on ten years of Krauthammer Days. America feels increasingly like a nation united by spectacles of atrocity.
