Oh, for the best, expect the worst Some preach ahead, some

die of the worst 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 Tuesday July 19th, 2022. I'm John

Pothoritz, the editor of Commentary Magazine. Glad to be

back with you after a three show break. Thank you for all of

your concerned emails. We were actually just, you know,

basically, Abe was at a wedding. I was visiting my kids at

camp. No, no, I had some time off. Christine was doing some

research. And so we we actually do have other things to do on

very rare occasions. And so, but thank you very much for your

concern and your good wishes and your upset at our at our not

being there to Yammer into your ears. But we are back to

Yammer into your ears. I want the record to reflect that I was

at a funeral. So that when I take an actual vacation, people

don't think I'm this is theft of services here. I did not

want to that that was for you to explain to people. You were

in a funeral. It was at a wedding. I was I was at camp having my

my son cry because we weren't taking him home. That was

really fun. And Christine was doing doing research in the

library. Right. So of course, one of my favorite things to do.

Yeah. So so of course, I'm talking about. I guess what I had

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