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Welcome to this Christmas week end of year holiday edition of the Commentary

Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Monday December 26th, 2022. I am John

Baudhore. It's the editor of Commentary Magazine reminding you. As the year

comes to its close, the commentary is a 501c3 nonprofit. We depend upon our

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for that purpose with me as always. Sated and happy and looking forward to a

wonderful new year. We have executive editor A. Greenwald. Hey John.

Media commentary columnist, an American enterprise institute fellow Christine

Rosen, high Christine. Hi John. An associate editor and author,

Rise of the New Puritans, Noah Rothman, high Noah. Hi John. So we thought in

this abbreviated series of shows we're going to do this week that we would give

you some recommendations for fun things to do on your break. And today I think

we're going to talk about books that we really like or liked some of them from

this year. Maybe some of them not from this year. There's still I think I'm

trying to think if there's one night left of Hanukkah. We're recording this a

week early. So there may be one night left of Hanukkah. And if that's the case

and I don't have my math wrong and you still have a Hanukkah and eighth night

present you want to give maybe we can give you a recommendation. You can run

out and get it. Give it to your loved one tonight. If not, you could also give

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