Esther's Turn Comes Along

Esther, the daughter of Mordecai and his uncle Abbehail, was chosen to be a queen by Xerxes in 479 B.C. "I don't know that this turn was ever even because of what we were just talking about," David Frum says. Esther demonstrates shrewdness as she defers: She's like, 'You guys know better than I do,' he says.