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Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Friday, March 12, 2021.

I am John Puth, the editor of commentary magazine with me as always executive editor

Abe Ringwald, hi Abe. Hi John. Associate editor Noah Rothman, hi Noah. Hi John.

And senior writer Christine Rosen, hi Christine. Hi John.

We are closing our April issue today and its contents will be up presently on our website

before it is in the mail in the mailboxes of our wonderful print subscribers. Our lead

story is called The Good News. They won't tell you about race in America by Wilford

Riley. We have a really great piece by our own Christine Rosen about Taylor Lawrence,

the New York Times social media columnist whom you heard us rag on a bit here. And there

we have a wonderful pieces about the history of ex presidents and their political futures

by Michael Medved and a piece on the phenomenon of the polymath by Joseph Epstein. And just

so much else it's a very rich treasure trove issue and you will enjoy it at commentarymagazine.com

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So last night Joe Biden gave his first nationally televised address from the White House in

prime time commemorating the year of corona memorializing the year of corona. And Abe and Christine

you were both troubled by Biden's mean and demeanor I would say right. So Abe what struck

you?

I mean unfortunately I found that I was really distracted from the bat, from the word go

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