2009 – Page 245 – Delaware Liberal

The County That Couldn’t Shoot Straight

By El Somnambulo March 25, 200929 Comments

You've all heard the term 'self-fulfilling prophecy'. As it turns out, New Castle County Executive Chris Coons' tone-deafness on the issue of county services vs. the need for tax increases…

Guest Post — Ask John Brady

By cassandra_m March 25, 200913 Comments

John Brady joined in the conversation in El Som's Law Firm Closing Thread, and a poster asked john a question. We asked John if he would like to respond to…

SB 27 Update: How You Can Save Civil Unions

By xstryker March 25, 200923 Comments

Our progressive champion in the Senate, Karen Peterson, has given me some updated info about SB 27, the anti-Civil Unions bill, and what we can do to stop it. For…

Correction #201

By jason330 March 24, 20091 Comment

I really thought Michael Steele would be long gone by now.

Deep Vacation Thought

By jason330 March 24, 200910 Comments

I am hard pressed to imagine a worse vacation than being trapped on a train with Rick Jensen.

Liveblog what’s left

By Donviti March 24, 20094 Comments

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From the Office of Obvious Findings

By jason330 March 24, 200916 Comments

On kindergarten testing: Replacing kindergarten playtime with formal lessons and standardized tests could have a wide range of negative consequences, according to the Alliance for Childhood, a nonprofit that advocates…

March on Wall Street

By jason330 March 24, 200914 Comments

NATIONAL MARCH ON WALL STREET SATURDAY, APRIL 4 - 12 NOON SPONSORED BY UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE RIDE THE PACEM IN TERRIS BUS - SEE INFO AT END The…

Does Markells Budget Mean He Isn’t a Progressive?

By liberalgeek March 24, 200926 Comments

There was a lot of talk during the election by people on this blog and others about Jack Markell's progressive street cred. He certainly convinced a lot of progressive Democrats…

Deep “Too Big To Fail” Thought

By jason330 March 24, 20092 Comments

I'm not yet a Geezer, but I remember when we had laws that banks had to follow...that was nice. Using The Bank: Actual audio from a 1947 educational film from…

Senator Proposes Bill to Enable Newspapers to Be Run as ‘Not-For Profits’

By El Somnambulo March 24, 200923 Comments

An intriguing proposal from U. S. Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland. This would not in any way help the giant media conglomorates, but it appears that this might help local…

God Bless Tommywonk, O’Mara & Markell

By jason330 March 24, 20091 Comment

Doing the right thing. Will Collin O'Mara, Markell's nominee to head DNREC, focus on economic development rather than protections and enforcement? When I asked O'Mara, he said climate prosperity starts with…

Whenever I see “common sense” I shudder

By Donviti March 24, 200916 Comments

I know, I know, we already beat the Marriage thing to death, but a Letter to the Editor in NJ This past SUNDAY (ironically) revisited it and the person writing…