2020 vice-presidential debate

From top: the fly, and Mike Pence (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The fly on Mike Pence’s head was the tiny hero we deserved

So much depends upon a black insect resting against the white backdrop of an American politician’s hair

This combination of pictures created on October 07, 2020 shows US Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California Kamala Harris during the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Justin Sullivan/AFP/Getty Images)

’Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking:’ Five takeaways from the U.S. VP debate

Kamala Harris combined assertiveness and ease, but both she and Mike Pence wriggled out of key questions. It was all so blessedly normal.