Environmental lead (Pb) and crime
At Mother Jones, Kevin Drum has an in-depth article on the hypothesis that environmental lead is a likely root cause of the increase in cri...
Knife-edge Senate races
I see (via DailyKos) that Congressional Quarterly’s ratings of Senate races are coming into line with my prior comments on the races in Minnesota, Oregon, and Georgia. The closest races are where your donations are maximally effective. Democrats, see my ActBlue page. Republicans, NRSC.
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Don’t forget Alaska where there is another very close race with Begich v. Stevens. Because Alaska is the state with the least population the power of each undecided voter in the state must be very high.