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Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast today is Wednesday, February 24th,

2021, I am John Pothorich, the editor of commentary magazine with me as always executive editor Abe Greenwald.

Hi Abe. Hi John. Senior writer Christine Rosen. Hi Christine. Hi John. And associate editor Noah Rothman. Hi Noah. Hi John. Noah.

The news is that the merch is flying off the shelves. It is. Thank you so much people. We had such a fantastic response.

Yes, today to the first day of the sales of our t-shirts and sweatshirt and tote bag at merch.commentarymagazine.com. I'm kind of overwhelmed but keep it coming.

We got requests for coffee mugs in the future. Yeah, we've got coffee mug requests. I would like to see an image of Plato's cave on a t-shirt at some point.

Yes, that's you. Yes, we that's the whole question is is the more successful this proves the more phrases that we can and the drinking games we can

permission structure. Fallopsism permission structure. Someone sent us a fan sent us a little illustration of three like voice bubbles saying hi John, hi John.

Somebody wanted mailbox in your in your magazine. Well, mailbox in your magazine although it's been a long time since I've said mailbox in your magazine. I have to say.

So maybe I should revive it in order to provide a marketing. No, that's just pandering. Support that is it's a listen, I'll do anything. I will do anything for this nonprofit 501 C3 institution that lives off the

generosity of its donors and the illimasonry support of so many of you and of course those who subscribe.

When you go to commentary magazine.com get a few free reads and then we ask you to subscribe you know you got to do it if you're not doing it yet you should be doing it anyway.

Thank you guys very much. I will mention once again merch dot commentary magazine.com me are C H.

March dot commentary magazine dot com we have a keep the candle burning t-shirt we have a crushing morocity t-shirt and sweatshirt and we have a tote bag.

And we have a just a commentary logo t-shirt that's really good because it's one of those. Haynes t-shirt things that doesn't have a like an annoying label in the back and it's nice in the comment is kind of like.

It's really cool. So it's very exciting and I hope you will also be as excited as we are.

We are not as excited to talk about all of the crushing morocity news that we have to talk about today because there's like there's like no good news there.

And there is good news that we remain in a situation in which we should all be looking forward and optimistic about what is going on with the virus and the vaccine as a person with comorbidities I got my first shot yesterday I got the Pfizer shot yesterday at aqueduct race track.

On the queens long island border very excited I've never been to aqueduct race track.

I've never been to any race track. John do you get the shot actually out on where the track is.

Now well here's the thing the room.

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