tsenft has a lovely post on the power and subjectivity of maps.
forthright ponders the problems of the electoral college vs. popular vote.
wakarusa has been reading deToqueville, on the tyranny of the majority, while
koimistress has been pondering some of the same things while reading The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty by K.C. Cole.
Me, I spent the day reading about the virtuousness of alcohol in ancient Rome and the crucifiction as played out by personified virtues.