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“I agree that sometimes Michelle Obama can come across as angry - and anger is di…” — Richard Cohen

I agree that sometimes Michelle Obama can come across as angry - and anger is discomforting. We venerate that empty word, closure, wanting to seal off the pain of the past and refusing it admittance to the chirpy present. This, of course, is nonsense.
Richard Cohen
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