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When I first learned on New Year’s Eve that MF DOOM had died at age 49 (and had in fact died on Oct. 31), my first response was disbelief. Not in a figurative, “I can’t believe he’s really gone” way, but in the literal sense that I couldn’t completely believe he was really gone. MF DOOM was hip-hop’s greatest supervillain, a virtuoso of mystery and subterfuge: What would be more diabolically DOOM than faking his own death? Even now, days later, part of me holds on to hope that somewhere there’s an empty casket, a missing mask, another improbable comeback on the way.

Dear Care and Feeding, How do I not become a nag? I feel like a huge percentage of my interactions with my kids are asking the same questions over and over and over—have you brushed your hair today? Have you cleared the table I’ve asked you 45 times to clear? Have you finished your assignments? Really? If I check them, will they be done? Advertisement I love spending time with my kids. I want to spend my time with them in positive ways, but also … the same things have to actually get done from day to day so they’re not purely feral children living in a trash heap. I’ve tried the log...

Potential U.S. Sen.–elect Jon Ossoff is only 33 years old. For comparison, the youngest sitting senator is Republican Josh Hawley, at 41; the body’s youngest Democrat is Kyrsten Sinema, at 44. That means Ossoff may soon be the first millennial senator. Those of us around his age might have seen his possibly imminent ascent to the upper house of Congress as a condemnation of our own lives and accomplishments. For instance, I am a year older than Ossoff, and in recent days, I have been feeling pretty good about my streak on Duolingo. (As of this writing, I’m at 10 days.

Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock has defeated incumbent Kelly Loeffler in one of the two Georgia runoffs Tuesday, leaving control of the Senate to the race between Jon Ossoff and incumbent Republican David Perdue. The Associated Press called the Warnock-Loeffler race around 2 a.m., as Warnock’s lead grew to more than 40,000 votes, or .5 precent, with votes from the Atlanta area, a Democratic stronghold, still to be counted. By 5 a.m., with 98 percent of the vote in the books, Warnock’s lead had grown to a full point, a close but significant difference considering the exceedingly slim...

The vice president expressed his support after 11 Senate Republicans said they would vote against certifying electors from certain states.