May 2011 – Page 7 – Delaware Liberal

How To Create a Job

By cassandra_m May 17, 20117 Comments

This is the title of this week's This American Life episode, where they turned over the program to NPR's simply amazing Planet Money Team. What is fantastic about this bit of financial reporting, is that Planet Money listens to the platitudes and Conventional Wisdom about job creation and goes off to see if any of it is true.

Quote of the Day 5/17/11

By xstryker May 17, 20112 Comments

"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be maintained." - President James A. Garfield

Mean And Nasty Simply To Be Mean And Nasty

By pandora May 17, 20118 Comments

Gov. Scott Walker believes a new law that gives gay couples hospital visitation rights violates the state constitution and has asked a judge to allow the state to stop defending it.

Tuesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope May 17, 201115 Comments

The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

I Love My Delaware Workplace – Number 1

By jason330 May 17, 201121 Comments

Go ahead and read it over at TownsquareDelaware.com while I am still not fired. Better yet, read my contribution and leave a comment about how much you love or hate your Delaware workplace.

Uhhhh…Thanks? Donald Trump

By Unstable Isotope May 17, 20114 Comments

Washington Post's Greg Sargent hypothesizes that Trumop's humiliation has changed the narrative about Obama and his supposed weakness.

God Dissed By Wheelchair Bound Egg Head

By jason330 May 16, 201112 Comments

If you ever wondered why God decided to afflict Stephen Hawking with motor neurone disease, you need wonder no longer.

Q: What do Newt Gingrich’s Health Care Views and His Extra-Marital Sexual Relationships Have in Common?

By jason330 May 16, 20118 Comments

A: More positions than the Kama Sutra * Newt Gingrich yesterday: “I agree that all of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care. And I think that…

Congressman Carney Hosts a Discussion on Nuclear Power Safety

By cassandra_m May 16, 2011

This event is TOMORROW NIGHT (Tuesday, 17 May 2011), so try to make plans to go if you are interested. I don't have anything to add to this, so will just post the entire press release below:

Read TownSquareDelaware.com or Something

By jason330 May 16, 201125 Comments

I'm not even sure what TSD is, so I'm making no promises about the content. (My contribution, when they get around to posting it, is pretty good.) In addition to being a liberal, I am a business owner and I have co-authored a book on the topic of employee satisfaction. I see employee engagement as the best way for companies to build a durable competitive advantage in the post tech-boom world. Delaware companies that "get it" are going to be the focus of my writerly efforts for as long as TSD can stomach having a liberal on the contributors list. What's that? A little snark already? Oh yes.

Trump will not run for President.

By Delaware Dem May 16, 20117 Comments

Donald Trump has decided not to run for president. His statement: "This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country."

‘Bulo on Al’s Show Tuesday…Will Spend $320 Million…

By El Somnambulo May 16, 20114 Comments

vicariously. If you'd like to make your voice heard as to how to spend/invest/fritter away the budget surplus, call us tomorrow. I'll be on at 10 a.m. , the Al…

We Hit The Debt Ceiling Today

By pandora May 16, 201111 Comments

In case anyone cares. In the meantime, the hostage strategy will continue to play out — Republicans are threatening to create a recession, on purpose, unless Democrats give them a…