Amid loss, a stirring “Hallelujah”

Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton performed Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” in the cold open of Saturday Night Live on November 12.

This was the most beautiful moment on SNL in a long time, possibly since Steve Martin’s tribute to Gilda Radner after her death. It was followed by Dave Chappelle as guest host with a sharp monologue whose closing line made me proud to be from the same town. Our national challenge will summon everything we’ve got, but we will get through this together.