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Hope for the best. Expect worst some drink and pain some die of thirst the way of knowing which way it's going

hope for the best expect the worst welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast. Today is Thursday, July 24th,

2025, although I am informing you, our audience that we are taping this on Wednesday night,

July 23rd, for travel reasons. And so the days may get a little screwed up as you're listening.

We may refer to things as today that you will be hearing that happened yesterday.

And you're just going to have to suck it up and take it because that's just how we roll.

And by we, I mean executive editor, Abe.

Hi, Abe.

Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor

Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Contennetti. Hi, Matt.

Hi, John. And Matt's colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, our social commentary

columnist and the author of The Extinction of Experience, Christine Rosen. Hi, Christine. Hi, Christine. I think

suck it up is a good introduction to reminding our listeners that it's commentary after dark.

So there are no rules. It is late. That's right. It is Wednesday night and we are, we're a little

cranky. We've already, we've already had some friction. We've had conversations in which at least one of us,

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