February 2011 – Page 5 – Delaware Liberal

Thursday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope February 17, 201127 Comments

The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

How Not To Talk About Rape

By Unstable Isotope February 17, 201119 Comments

We haven't really talked about the case of Lara Logan, the CBS foreign correspondent who was separated from her crew in Egypt and then sexually assaulted. It's been depressing watching…

Texas Tidbits

By nemski February 17, 20119 Comments

Gail Collins has a wonderful piece in today's New York Times that rightly slams Texas and its governor, Rick Perry, about education and abstinence.

Repeal The Job-Killing Speaker Of The House

By Unstable Isotope February 17, 201110 Comments

John Boehner on Tuesday: "Since President Obama has taken office the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs, and if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it."

We all spend most of our lives at work, so why not make workplaces nicer?

By jason330 February 16, 20112 Comments

There is a business case for better workplaces. As some guy once said, “Employee satisfaction is the only real, durable source of customer satisfaction.”

Thousands Rally To Protest Their Despotic Dictator

By Unstable Isotope February 16, 20119 Comments

Where can you find this crowd of an estimated 50,000 people?

Wednesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope February 16, 201141 Comments

The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Marriage Equality vs. Civil Unions

By Unstable Isotope February 16, 201135 Comments

Yesterday in a meeting with bloggers, Governor Markell stated that he supported Civil Unions for Delaware but hadn't thought about full marriage equality.

Another BushCo Iraq War Lie — Mobile Bioweapons Labs Edition

By cassandra_m February 15, 20111 Comment

It is completely amazing to me that the British press is still working to figure out how we got duped into the Iraq war. Part of this, of course, is…

On Jack Markell

By Delaware Dem February 15, 201179 Comments

A number of Delaware's bloggers were invited to a Governor's Roundtable with Governor Markell this morning at his offices in Wilmington, so that the Governor can respond to recent progressive criticism and address his budget priorities. It was a very interesting discussion.

Tuesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope February 15, 20115 Comments

The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Academic Freedom And The Limits Of Free Speech

By Unstable Isotope February 15, 201112 Comments

A law professor at Widener University is accused of making violent, racist and threatening speech in the classroom. The professor believes he's being targeted because he is a conservative.