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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Hamilton Thrives and NATO Expands

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.65.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Eli Lake joins today's podcast to talk about the anniversary of the ten-dollar Founding Father's death in a duel, the NATO meeting and how much credit is due Joe Biden for its apparent successes, and a historical matter: Were the investigations into intelligence-community malfeasance back in the 1970s necessary or harmful—or both? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Oh, for the best, expect the worst, some preach and pain, some die of thirst, the way of knowing which way it's going.

0:19.0

Oh, for the best, expect the worst, some for the best.

0:24.0

Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast today is Tuesday, July 11th, 2023.

0:31.0

This is the 219th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Alexander Hamilton by Aaron Burr on that dueling field in Wehawk in New Jersey.

0:45.0

So please keep that and keep that in your thoughts and your prayers or it's, I think it's the 219th, maybe it's the 221st.

0:55.0

I don't know, but day 2.04, this is 2023.

0:58.0

You do the math.

1:00.0

Anyway, I'm John Pudworth's editor of commentary with me as always executive editor, a green wall.

1:06.0

Hi, Abe.

1:07.0

John Washington commentary columnist Matthew Contnetti. Hi, Matt.

1:11.0

John Christine Rosen is out today with us fan favorite commentary magazine contributing editor and host of the reeducation podcast Eli Lake. Hi, Eli.

1:20.0

Thank you so much for having me and we should never forget that, at least according to a recent history, Alexander Hamilton invented rap music.

1:27.0

He did.

1:30.0

My move over DJ Cool Herk.

1:33.0

I just want to, I just want to mention my daughter who is a camp counselor this summer.

1:39.0

Her age, her group, their, her kids are 11 and 12 and she called me, I should say that they were at lunch or something and they all started singing.

1:52.0

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2:52.0

I or my wife was saying about John Adams.

2:55.6

And we were kind of surprised that he knew this fact

2:58.5

and it was because in his readings of the Hamilton book,

3:02.5

he came across some footnote about John Adams.

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