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Leonard Cohen’s Theories On Life, Democracy, And The Future

On November 7, legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen died in his home in Los Angeles. As Molly Lambert wrote earlier this week, “Cohen’s songs preach about the pleasure in sadness and the underlying sadness of all pleasure. He located firmly in the reality of the everlasting present.” His gifts will continue to give long beyond… Read more »

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Leonard Cohen’s Theories On Life, Democracy, And The Future

Winter In America

I thought he would win, until I didn’t anymore. Christmas, 2015. I was going to the grocery store in Redding, California, where my family was living at the time. The town is largely suburban, largely Republican, largely white, and has two Walmarts. It is not the romanticized bombed-out Appalachian horror movie people like to imagine… Read more »

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Winter In America