Tensegrities

If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived. (Hat tip to TheCorner.)

The New Republic (not a magazine I read very often), has a piece up that summarizes recent research into the political psychology of race. I found it via TheMonkeyCage, which is a blog that has a thoughtful academic take on social science. They believe that the piece is decent, so that’s why I clicked over to it. It’s certainly interesting, and points out the uphill battle Sen. Obama could face in the general election.

Hat tip to Dawn for reminding me of the Children’s Charter (courtesy of the Episcopal Church USA). This site also has links to a number of very useful free pdfs.

For people who are already supporters of mainline Democrats, the argument that Obama (and Clinton and Pelosi and Reid) are “appeasers” is not very powerful, and pretty much rejected out of hand. But if you’re looking for a way to argue with people who take that line seriously, here’s a good place to start.