I thought I'd conduct a survey of our 3 departments, how they are doing, the executive, judiciary and the congress.  That took us through a discussion of Trump's closing up the west wing, Justice Alito explaining himself (badly) before the Federalist Society, how the dems are getting along in the House caucus, and what a great deal it would be if the two Georgia seats turned blue, to give Fighting Joe a working majority in the Senate.  John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan