Today marks the centennial of Billie Holliday’s birth. Here she is with a timely seasonal song: “Some Other Spring,” recorded in 1939.

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Today marks the centennial of Billie Holliday’s birth. Here she is with a timely seasonal song: “Some Other Spring,” recorded in 1939.
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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