Oh, for the best, expect the worst, some preach a pain, some diaphris.

The way of knowing which way it's going, oh for the best, expect the worst.

Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast today is Wednesday October 6, 2021.

I'm John Puthhorz, the editor of commentary magazine.

I'm November 22nd in New York City live and in person at a beautiful hotel.

We are going to have our annual roast, our 11th annual roast.

People who are listening, some people have been to the roast.

If you haven't been to the roast, it is our, it is the commentary is a nonprofit 501 C3.

This is one of the chief ways we raise money to keep, continue our operations going and

strong and bring you this podcast every day among other things.

And it's a very unusual event in the world of these sorts of events.

It's funny, it's lively, it's off the record, it's jazzy and full of surprises.

A high good time is had by all.

And this year's roasty following in the footsteps of Norman Puthhorz, Dick Cheney, Charles

Krauthammer, Jonah Goldberg, Dan Seenor, Joe Lieberman, a bunch of other people whose

names I can't remember right off the top of my head is Rabbi Mayor Sully Sullivan, our

Jewish commentary columnist, whose pulpit is the oldest synagogue in the United States,

the smash and porch of the synagogue in New York, a professor at the Yashivie University,

a Princeton PhD, 43 years old, knows more, has forgotten more about everything than you

possibly learned, is funny, is lively and we will enjoy taking them down a couple of pegs

because that's what we do if you're interested in coming to the roast.

It's not a cheap ticket, it's an expensive ticket and it's an expensive table but it is

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