7 December—No surprise that the Rev. Raphael Warnock outpolled the idiot Herschel Walker yesterday. Too bad the Republicans didn’t have a better candidate. Now the Senate will be a bit too Democratic and probably won’t need Kamala Harris sitting up front, biding her time, twiddling her thumbs, dreaming of the unthinkable, just to break ties. Because it’s unlikely there will be ties.

While the Senate will be able to confirm federal judges and some other senior appointees, at least the House has a Republican majority to keep the Democrats in the Capitol and White House from doing too much damage.

But more momentous than mere politics, yesterday I received a belated birthday present from one of my few thoughtful acquaintances. It was a book from IKEA. Here’s a picture of it: