Jonah’s sailed the seas and seen the world over, but everything always draws him back to good ol’ New York, New York. Still, although today’s Ruminant ends with a discussion of the Big Apple’s terrifying floods (which may or may not have dealt a blow to the local rodent population), it also covers the Supreme Court’s controversial abortion ruling, the pervasive myth that big corporations are right-wing, and “closet normals” in the GOP who pretend to hold crazy views. With shameless book-plugging, Jonah also digs into how the definitions of left and right in politics have changed over time. If you’re a loyal listener, stick around until the end for a proposition you won’t be able to refuse.
Show Notes:
- David French breaks down the Texas abortion ruling
- Jonah’s previous ruminations on abortion
- Virginia’s late-term abortion bill
- Advisory Opinions takes a deep dive into abortion law
- Matt Continetti on the politics of abortion
- A disappointing August jobs report
- Richard Holbrooke’s damning diary
- The latest Dispatch Podcast on Afghanistan
- The Dispatch’s Afghanistan editorial
- The Remnant with Graeme Wood
- “Come home. America”
- Gabriel Kolko
- The Big Ripoff, by Tim Carney
- The pandemic’s effect on women in the workforce
- Ron Johnson says the quiet part loud
- Leatherhead’s revenge
- Someone call the Shredder