The Washington Post notes that the Republicans of South Carolina just elected an Indian-American governor and nominated Tim Scott, who is black, over Strom Thurmond’s son for a Congressional seat he’s expected to win. But never fear; Republicans are probably still big racists, which is what the rest of the story is about.

Rich Lowry: “Fundamentally, we don’t want a free market and a system of laws to protect corporations, but to protect us from both government and corporations, especially when the two are in league with each other…The bigger and more complex government is, the more incentive corporations have to politicize themselves and get in bed with Washington.”