Welcome to the commentary magazine podcast today is Monday March 25th 2019.

I am John Pajor, it's the editor of commentary magazine.

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No Rossman is not with us today, but back from his vacation in the wilds of Dubai,

Abe Greenwald, senior editor, hi Abe.

Hi John, there are no wilds in Dubai, right?

Actually, there are no wilds, it's just one big city with indoor ski slopes.

And then there's desert, which is not far away because the whole thing was built on desert.

So once you get away from the construction, you're in desert.

So it's like Las Vegas?

I'm somewhat black camel.

Did you know that black camel exists?

That's how black I...

I did not know that black camel exists.

I'm excited to hear it.

And Christine Rosen, senior writer, hi Christine.

Hi John.

Christine is in Washington as a my.

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