Two great columns in the New York Times today. Paul Krugman writes about the failure of the Republican model of political dominance with a focus on the ugly implicit racial messages. I agree with everything he writes and I must admit I have never quite understood how quite a few black Americans, including people like Colin Powell, would be willing to sign up with such a party.
I also liked this editorial in the Times. Iran is not the world threat that many make it out to be, but neither is the current regime particularly pleasant. Anytime a regime needs to shut down and intimidate unarmed human rights workers you know something is wrong. I would add that a single brave and hardworking woman should not be a threat to any government, regardless of what she said, but clearly that isn't the case. What does it tell you about the Iranian regime that it feels the need to squelch such a tiny flame of independent thought and compassion?
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