America: Sexist or Racist?

“The Democratic primary was a lose-lose proposition for the image of American tolerance: If Senator Obama lost, ours was an irredeemably racist country. Senator Clinton lost, and we are infected by sexism. But whether viewed through the prism of radical gender feminism or a boy’s club media conspiracy, the truth is considerably less complicated. The vaunted Clinton machine—devoid of fresh ideas and facing a dynamic, inspirational opponent—simply couldn’t compete. Blame the media, blame the patriarchy if you so desire, but the truth is that Americans wouldn’t mind a woman as president. Just not that woman.”

The quote above is from a great post over at Reason.com that points out the lose-lose situation of the Democratic primaries. For those on the left the loser of the recent primaries could mean only one thing, Americans are either racist or sexist. The idea that anyone in America would simply judge a candidate on their character, policies and experience is apparently beyond the left.

Global Warming and Capitalism

Reason.com recently posted a great debate about the various approaches to dealing with the climate ‘crisis’ here. Check it out.

History Repeats Itself

I’ve often commented on the baffling nature of the West’s refusal to see the threat from the Middle East (read: Iran) and radical Islam as what it is, history repeating itself. President Ahmadinejad’s anti-semitic rhetoric is almost as similar to Hitler’s as the modern West’s insistence that he’s just playing politics is to the pre-World War II West’s insistence that Hitler would never act on his proclamations.

Michael Ledeen has finally cleared up my confusion in a must read article in the New York Times about this phenomenon here.