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Commentary is America's premier monthly magazine of opinion: General, yet Jewish. Highly variegated, with a unifying perspective.
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Biden Withholds
The news that the Biden administration has deliberately chosen to withhold certain armaments from Israel despite the passage of the aid bill last month is a landmark moment not only in the peculiar behavior of the White House toward the Jewish state since October 7 but also in the annals of American warfare. We don't try to win wars any longer; are we now committed to ensuring that other nations can't win wars either? Give a listen.
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Israel Moves on Rafah
Today we sort through conflicting accounts of the Hamas ceasefire agreement that wasn't and discuss the leverage that Israel will now gain by going into Rafah. We also reflect on the straightforward anti-American fury of pro-Hamas protests and the Kristi Noem trainwreck. Give a listen.
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It's Worse Than That
A landmark podcast episode in which we all take turns claiming the situation between America and Israel and between college campuses and the rest of the country is worse. Who's right? What is worse? And what's the TV show you should watch but shouldn't Google anything about if you want to enjoy it? Give a listen.
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The Least He Could Do?
Was Joe Biden's at-long-last three minute statement about the unrest on college campuses sufficient for the moment, or the least he could do, or not even the least he could do? We discuss this and the fact that the protestors are asking for sexual aids and pass-fail grades, and whatever happened to elementary shame. Give a listen.
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Trump Makes His Move
Donald Trump is solidifying his case against Joe Biden, and it's eerily similar to Joe Biden's case against Donald Trump in 2020—there's chaos everywhere and the president is responsible. Polling suggests Trump has the better of the argument, especially since Democrats are split even on as basic an issue as opposing anti-Semitism. Give a listen.
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Finally, Someone Does Something
The Columbia encampment is shut down and the students who occupied a campus building are charged with burglary. A mile north of Columbia, cops are attacked by protestors, who are promptly zip-tied and thrown into an NYPD bus. Order is being restored, but for how long? Give a listen.
Customer Reviews
But It’s Even Better Than That - An Essential Podcast
I was turned on to the podcast a few months ago, and have been a daily listener since. The show is a wonderful blend of topical news discussion, levity, and frank observation, with a sprinkling of the humanities that makes me pine for my undergraduate liberal arts days. I don’t think I’ve heard the word “thing” or “things” used with such skill as it is by Mr. Podhoretz. This is a somewhat esoteric point, but he should know how pleasurable it is to hear the word “thing” to describe something. It has often been viewed as bromidic or lazy, but it is one of the greatest words in the English language, especially when peppered into what is perhaps otherwise a bookish/intellective discussion. John Podhoretz is bringing “thing” back.
Title: projection of power
Setting America’s support of Israel must be unequivocal. Changing, changing …. shows the disrespect by OTHERS to America’s power. Where is: “Eich bein ein Berliner”….. a clear statement by our President (not Blinken.) Today and until Hamas out of rafah, “I am with Israel, I am an Israeli!”
May 1
GREAT episode!