Welcome for the best.

Expect the worst.

Some drink and pain, some die of hers, the way of knowing which way it's going,

hope for the best, expect the worst.

Oh, for the best.

Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.

Today is Monday, December 9th.

2024, I am John Pothor.

It's the editor of Commentary Magazine.

I want to thank everybody who responded to my plea on Friday for end of your giving to commentary,

a 501C3 nonprofit that like all 501C3 nonprofits depends on the Elamacconary generosity of our audience

to help us keep the lights on and to keep doing what we are doing,

particularly at the end of the year. Your response over the weekend was overwhelming. I hope

those of you who intended to join, but had other and more important things to do, like watch

the Jets actually win a game,

you know, see that Juan Soto is now being paid roughly the gross national product of Namibia to play for the Mets,

that kind of thing, you're more interested in stuff like that.

And I totally understand that.

But if you do, could find it in your heart to go to

commentary.org slash donate and give generously to our 2024 campaign to keep the

lights on and to keep producing this podcast, producing our blog and producing our monthly

magazine.

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