‘That’s How Light Gets In’

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Enlightening

“There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.”

—Leonard Cohen, writer, thinker, songwriter, died yesterday at 82. Rolling Stone’s tribute.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
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• Editorial Comment: I’m already cracked.






PeezPix by Ted Pease

Getting Dark Out There







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