the desk

A bottle of wine was on the desk in front of him.

This makes me suspect that he didn’t choose the desk’s previous owner at random.

Monday’s episode was Colbert’s first time behind the desk after he announced last week that CBS had decided to cancel “The Late Show,” bringing the franchise to an end after more than 30 years.

Then a different male customer approached the desk.

Shor’s tests regularly find support for unambiguously liberal messages about taking on corporate special interests and raising taxes on the wealthy, but when Democrats actually hold power, this commitment somehow always ends up getting stuck to the bottom of the desk drawer.