Purim Pugilism

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🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:08.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drinks can pay, some die of thirst, the way of knowing which way it's going,
0:19.0	hope for the best, expect the worst.
0:22.3	Oh, for the best.
0:25.2	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.
0:28.1	Today, finally is March 3rd, Tuesday, March 3rd, since I kept saying it was March 3rd when it
0:34.3	was a March 3rd.
0:35.3	2026, I'm John Potthor.
0:36.8	It's the editor of Commentary Magazine with me, as always, a full house. Executive editor, Abe Greenwald. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. Washington Free Beacon editor Eliana Johnson. Hi, Eliana. Hi,iana. And social commentary columnist Christine Rosen.
0:55.2	I feel that it is necessary for me to note that this is the Jewish holiday of PORM.
1:03.8	It will stand, it will be of no surprise to Jews who observe PORM that this is an astonishingly timely moment to be
1:15.3	celebrating this holiday as it is a story of a of Persians in ancient times who were
1:24.8	oppressing Jews and the secret wife of the Persian monarch,
1:32.5	who was giving sway to his vizier, Haman, who wanted to conduct a genocide,
1:39.7	and through the administrations of the secret queen, secret Jewish queen,
1:47.0	turntail, put the vizier to death, and then the Jews killed many, many, many,
1:55.6	Persians in order to make it the point that they were now not to be genocided.
2:02.2	And I just wanted to cite one of the more hilarious tweets of all time for those who
2:12.5	follow these things from an account called Hamish humor, Hamish meaning sort of like, what would you
2:19.2	call it like friendly or kind of, Hamish is a Yiddish word that means sort of like friendly
2:27.9	familiar, wholesome, friendly, or wholesome.
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