John Lennon was born on this day in 1940. Here’s the video of the song I personally most identify with him, “Gimme Some Truth.”
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.
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