Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast today's Thursday, July 8, 2021.

I am John Budhurtz, the editor of commentary magazine.

Noah Rothman is out this week with me as always, senior writer Christine Rosen, high

Christine.

Hi John.

And executive editor, A Greenwald, hi Abe.

Hi John.

On one note, if you go to the July August issue of commentary either online or if you get

it in your mailbox, as you should, there is a wonderful memoir there by Roger Bennett

on growing up as a Jew and Liverpool in the 1970s and early 1980s and how he developed

a passion that loved for the United States.

Roger's book, Reborn in the USA, debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller

list that's in the New York Times on the 18th of July.

So we have an excerpt from it, go read it and then buy the book.

You will be happy.

Reborn in the USA.

So that's my first note just to make the point that we have an excerpt from a number one

bestseller.

The second note is that COVID cases are up.

We were plunging down below the 10,000 mark just like a week, a half ago and the numbers

now seem to be rising into case numbers into the 15,000, 20,000 range now.

The New York Times number I think, yet this morning, which was 15,000 new cases, does indicate

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