TURNING OVER THE RACE CARD: Sean Wilentz on Orlando Patterson’s claims of racism in Hillary’s 3:00 a.m. ad. (Posted on earlier here). Orlando Patterson responds. Plus, here’s Bob Somerby on Patterson. “Perhaps the dumbest op-ed piece ever committed to paper. And perhaps, the most pre-rational. . . . It’s a prescription for the center failing to hold—for a return to pre-Enlightenment ways.” Hey, the Enlightenment is a white-male construct.