On the record · Updated October 18, 2026
4 things John Podhoretz said, verbatim, from June 19, 2026 to October 6, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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In their own words
“So I don't know what to say except that he is making those of us who have been very supportive of the war look like fools. And so I don't really appreciate that, but it's not about me.”
The Commentary Magazine Podcast The called-off strike on Iran ›
As printed
“could not bear the idea of putting a boot on the ground anywhere in Iran. And could not bear the idea of a single American possibly being taken hostage.”
on critics' reluctance to risk US troops or hostages in Iran
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In their own words
“"we got job numbers today, and it turns out that we are in a period of job loss."”
on the July jobs report showing the economy losing jobs
In their own words
“what is going on in this country at a major American college of very high repute where kids barely of the age of consent are behaving in ways that sound like they're doing things that they learned from hardcore porn”
on the behavior of students in the Cornell rape case
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