Oh, for the best, expect the worst, some preach and pain, some die of thirst.

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

Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast today is Thursday June 29th, 2023.

I am John Pudhord.

It's the editor of commentary magazine with me as always, executive editor Abe Runewald.

Hi Abe.

Hi John.

Matt Kahnetti is out today.

So of course with us is media commentary columnist and American Enterprise Institute Senior

Fellow Christine Rose and Hykristine.

Hi John.

So we are doing a listener questions this week, shorter podcasts.

And I'm just going to get right into it, got a very interesting one from a man named Kyle.

I don't want to give his last name because this involves his wife and I don't want to,

you know, reveal his wife for reasons that we'll get into here.

Hello, my name is Kyle and at 26 years old I probably want to be your youngest subscribers

and listeners to commentary in the commentary podcast.

I don't know that that's true, by the way.

Although readership in America for magazines and publications is something that is for people

of more advanced stage that is absolutely the case.

I wanted to offer mine and more importantly my wife's insight on the current state of

education and how the institution, especially where we live in California does not invite

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