We open October by testing how many of the supposed healthiest foods we actually eat every week before moving into a packed news cycle. Dawn brings us the latest on the Cornell University sexual-assault allegations, the sentencing of Philadelphia motorcyclist Cody Heron, Montgomery County’s crackdown on illegal THC products, and Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Gail Pike. We also react to the Phillies staying alive against Atlanta, the Flyers getting buried 7-0 by Pittsburgh, and Dallas acquiring Joey Porter Jr.
Our biggest discussions center on the attack aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard addressing American voters ahead of the midterms, and the reopened Cornell investigation. We debate the distinction between moral judgment and New York criminal law, Sonny Hostin’s comments about intoxication and consent, fraternity conduct, Title IX proceedings, and when campus allegations should move directly to police. Later, Greg challenges the reported IRGC letter, we argue about free-range parenting and a New York playground where kids use real tools, and we take apart California’s new tax-credit program for local journalism.
The second half brings congressional stock trading, political ethics, Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ welfare-to-work commercial, transit fares, a Virginia biker racing to make McDonald’s breakfast, machine-learning menu pricing, and a long debate over Ken Paxton, John Cornyn, James Talarico and Republican spending in Texas. Dawn’s Big Three features Pennsylvania students taking control of a school bus during their driver’s medical emergency, Montgomery County’s THC crackdown, and the customer who throws a cheesesteak at the longtime manager of Pat’s King of Steaks.
