“We must define the common good, and begin again to shape a common future”

Today we are bombarded with closing arguments we don't want to hear—from the candidates, the columnists and our connections on Facebook. Friends, let us allow ourselves two minutes of peace, love and beauty. In this brief excerpt from her stunning session at the 2016 World Conference of the Professional Speechwriters Association, speechwriter and cabaret singer Karen Gross—with the help of John Lennon and Barbara Jordan—reminds us how words and music can communicate with another and harmonize with the better angels of our nature, to sound like this …

Video by Austin Haitos.