Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast.

Today is Wednesday, May 13, 2020. I'm John Puthore. It's the editor of comedy.

I am the editor of comedy. My wife works in comedy. So therefore I think about comedy all the time.

But I am also the editor of commentary magazine, the 70-odd,

year-old monthly of intellectual analysis, political,

property, and cultural criticism. From a conservative perspective,

we invite you to join us at commentarymagazine.com,

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With me, as always, Senior Editor Abe Greenwald. How are you Abe?

Hi, John. Can I be the Senior Editor of tragedy?

Yes, you certainly can. In fact, I was going to say that you were really the Senior Editor of the BJ and the Bear.

We're Union Magazine because Abe's pandemic beard now looks like,

over Skype, looks like he's going to go beat up some hippies at a truck stop.

Abe, a mild tempered fellow, gentle and soft and very interested in the arts and culture and all of that.

But he's wearing a baseball cap, as we speak, and has this very thick luxurious beard.

And really, as I say, if there are some bikers that you're near by Roadhouse,

Abe is the leader of their gang. I told you, I've got to go to defend a barbershop in a few hours.

That's right. Guns. Guns, yes.

In Washington, Senior Writer, Christine Rosen, sadly, without her dog today,

her dog is not lying on the bed.

He's been broad, he's downstairs. And I have to say, Abe is completely pulling off the look.

I just have to say that. And also, great shout out for one of my favorite childhood shows,

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