Marianne Williamson and our messy political times

The news that self-help guru Marianne Williamson was dropping out of the presidential came as no shock. In fact, it likely shocked more people to learn she had still been in the race. Her campaign never caught on. Her biggest moment came during an early debate when she said she would “harness love for political purposes,” as if advised by the Plastic Ono Band.
But as strange as it all seemed, I appreciated her call for values and morality. Her themes of unity, of people’s inher