Mary McNamara: Ignore Marianne Williamson at your peril
by Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
Jun 28, 2019
3 minutes
Thank the goddess Marianne Williamson is running for president. Because if Kamala Harris brought the fire to Thursday night's Democratic debate, Williamson provided the zen, swooping in like a sage-wielding shaman to defuse the tensely earnest Tracy Flick-ness of it all.
The 66-year-old bestselling author of a dozen spirituality-based self-help guides, a longtime Oprah friend and Gwyneth Paltrow inspiration, promised to be the evening's wild card, and - despite the very best efforts of the moderators, who took almost 30 minutes to ask Williamson a question - she did not disappoint.
Though born in Houston,
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