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

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