before i get down to business...

...today, I wanted to share this story, "A Tranquil Star," by Primo Levi. It's short and beautiful and profound. Check it out. And now, a proposal for a comparison of three electoral systems, any three, followed by info-gathering on why Nigeria doesn't work. Should be really interesting, I just wish it didn't have grades attached. Speaking of which, I thought Louis Menand's piece in the New Yorker this week about college was a little weird. More on that later, if I have time/feel like coming back to it.