High Broderism Comes to Delaware Shilling for Mike Castle

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The so-called Dean of the Washington Press Corps turns his attentions to Delaware this AM, with a column that discusses his thoughts about the possible upcoming race between Mike Castle and Beau Biden for Senate. It is a rare thing for the Villagers to turn their attentions to us, and I suppose we should expect more of this in the coming months.

Biden In For Bumpy Ride?

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In Sunday's News Journal, there's an article about Beau Biden and the possibility of him running. The article is tilted, "Senate run could distract Biden". Now, I normally like Esteban Para's writing, but not this time.

CNN Leaves It There

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I am always in awe of how astute Jon Stewart and his writers are. This is an astonishingly good takedown of the entire cable culture -- the focus on providing programming and information, bu not necessarily on providing any context (fact-checking, esp) for that information. Indulging themselves in the He Say/She Say without giving you any way of being able to evaluate that info.

Fixing the Unfair Crack vs Cocaine Penalties

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Senator Ted Kaufman is one of the co-sponsors of a bill introduced into the full Senate this week (it was voted out of the Judiciary Committee back in July) that would finally take on the incredible disparities in sentencing for those who are convicted of possession of either drug.