March 19, 2019 – Delaware Liberal

The resistance has demobilized

By jason330 March 19, 20197 Comments

Over at Vox, Matthew Yglesias points out that the Resistance, the guard dog whose vigilance played such a crucial role as a check against Donald Trump, has gone quiet since…

Science Proves – Believing in “meritocracy” makes you act like a dick

By jason330 March 19, 20192 Comments

The pernicious nonsense that is a belief in "meritocracy" appears to be on the decline. Still, we have a long way to go. ...today, a majority of Americans believe that…

Man Who Stopped New Zealand Massacre Was Good Guy Without a Gun

By Alby March 19, 20193 Comments

The so-far unsung hero of the New Zealand massacre was not, per U.S. gun-sissy lore, a good guy with a gun. Abdul Aziz Wahabzadah, a refugee from Afghanistan, was with…

Old-School Biden Preps Old-School Campaign

By Alby March 19, 20195 Comments

CNN has a piece up this morning about Joe Biden's slo-mo campaign rollout. How will Joe sew up the nomination? By naming a vice-presidential candidate quickly plus...ENDORSEMENTS! Biden, who has…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 19, 2019

By El Somnambulo March 19, 20195 Comments

Assuming that sick bay has emptied out, the Senate will consider legislation raising the permissible age to purchase tobacco products from 18-21 today. The momentum is clearly with the bill,…

The Center Cannot Hold Water

By Alby March 19, 20191 Comment

Corporate journalists are typing furiously to try to convince people that a majority of the country wants centrism and unity. Bullshit. Damon Linker at The Week goes after this notion…

Song of the Day 3/19: Michael Jackson, “Black or White”

By Alby March 19, 2019

As long as everybody is arguing about racism, let's listen to what was intended as a condemnation of it. Here's the song alone, stripped down to just the music --…