Norman Brewer is a retired journalist who reported for the Des Moines Tribune (1965-1978) before moving to Washington, D.C. He has written three novels about domestic terrorism, most recently January 6: A Novel, his take on how much worse the insurrection could have been. He lives in Portland, Oregon.        

When bedrock freedoms of democracy are on the line, I am a conservative. No. Correction: I am a staunch conservative.

Being a conservative of any stripe does not mesh with my full embrace of the progressive agenda that has been baked into America’s social fabric over the past century, immeasurably enhancing our well-being.

Norman Brewer was a reporter and editor for the Des Moines Tribune from 1965 to 1978, then joined Gannett News Service in Washington, D.C. He also worked in The Des Moines Register bureau there and was director of employee communications at the Transportation Security Administration. -promoted by Laura Belin

In Norman Brewer’s novel Killer Politics: A Satirical Tale of Homegrown Terrorism, a Trump-like president inspires a white supremacist and his terrorist cell to attack civilians in a bid for civil war or martial law.

Excerpts from the novel, available on Amazon, follow.