All roads lead to immigration ... Cause for hope on the pandemic front ... Perverse covid relief preferences on the left (and right) ... Two big potential add-ons to the covid bill ... Visiting post-presidential vengeance on Trump ... The impeachment trial as a pedagogical opportunity ... The greatness of Mike Kinsley ... The Republican civil war ... Parrot Room preview: Hating on Hitch, Electric Mustang, more dishonesty from the Washington Free Beacon, etc. ...