Year: 2018

Young homosexual men may find it hard to believe that being openly gay in the 1980's was an act of protest in and of itself. An all openly gay band singing gay themed hit songs seemed as implausible as electing a gay President. And yet, the all gay Bronski Beat achieved success in the mid-1980s with a Hi-NRG sound and lyrics focused on anti-gay prejudice. [embed]https://youtu.be/H3LbzjFJdSA[/embed]

The above headline still has, remarkably, not run anywhere. Nevertheless, Spads is hitting the airwaves making this valid point. James Spadola, the Republican nominee for Delaware State Auditor, attacked his…

Granted, national news has been sucking up every bit of oxygen. But crimes are still being committed in Delaware. One criminal that isn't getting any attention is Mike Ramone. Where is the investigation into the fact that Ramone used his government position to get his political opponent fired from her job? On its face it is a crime. Why isn't Ramone facing a judge yet? For that matter why isn't this crime being reported outside of blogs? Where the hell is Allan Loudel? I'd ask, where the hell is the News Journal, but we all know that the NJ is basically useless.

The Style Council is probably my favorite band. I only say "probably" becuase the enjoyment of music is so context heavy. Paul Weller is my favorite musician. (For some reason,…

When 85-year-old country music legend Willie Nelson joined 46-year-old Texas Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) on stage Saturday night in Austin, they were greeted by more than 50,000…

Coons has taken his victory lap on TV and in Delaware City and that's great. Good for you Chris. But's let's look at what passes for Coons style bipartisan comity…

America's pundits have had a chance to ponder the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process, and they have reached a sort of rough consensus: This is nuts. For those like Salon's Andrew…

When I first learned about him through his pop radio friendly "Workers Playtime" album (1988), Billy Bragg had been a pain in Thatcher's ass for a number of years. The…

From an article in The Atlantic by Mary Coppins, who asked Jeff Flake if the impassioned lecture he got from a rape survivor spurred his compromise call for a limited…