Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast.

I'm John Poppore. It's the editor of commentary with me as always senior editor A Greenwald

Hi Abe. Hi John. Associate editor Noah Rothman. Hi Noah. Hi John. And senior writer Christine

Rose and high Christine. Hi John. And joining us today, one of my oldest friends, a long time

commentary contributor and colonist before his decampment to the Atlantic Andrew Ferguson

Andy, how are you today? I'm just peachy. How are you? I'm okay, although I did I am actually

at the commentary offices in just south of Times Square and walking here as Abe experienced

walking here the other day. The last six blocks, which are I would say the most crowded

areas in the United States outside of Disney World just when the parades are starting, there

was not a single person on the street at 845 this morning, not a single person. No cars

you were coming in other words. Yeah, well, you know, and well, I got no fall. I got no

come back for that one. So, so yes, the weirdness, the weirdness continues. I should, I should

mention to begin this on a genuinely morose, gross note that are our critical large commentaries,

critical large Terry teach out, lost his wife last night, people who have been following

him on Twitter over the last four or five years know that Hillary was suffering from a pulmonary

disease that required her to get a double lung transplant, which she had a couple of weeks ago

and complications set in after the 24 hour operation and she she passed away. Terry was on the

show last week and knew that things were we're dire. He is such a sort of trooper and and take such

solace and work that not only did he do that, but he actually finished a piece on the PNS Alfred

Cortofa or may issue the other day even as even as she was taking her final turn. So we are all

appropriately saddened and supportive and and it's just a you know a terrible outcome, but as

Terry said, she actually stayed longer on this earth than she or he or anybody actually thought

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