DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 17, 2022
Happy Whatever-It-Is-You're Celebrating-Or-Not-Celebrating-Day! Child Poverty Is Back: All of this was data from just a couple of months. The real power of money like this comes over time. A different…
Song of the Day 4/17: The Rascals, “Good Lovin'”
Yesterday I mentioned songwriter Rudy Clark, whose "Got My Mind Set on You" became a No. 1 hit for George Harrison in 1988, 25 years after its first release. It…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 16, 2022
Trump Seeks To Impose His Will With Dubious Endorsements. Dr. Oz? J. D. Vance? I dunno: Trump’s decision, against the advice of some of his advisers, plunged the former president…
Song of the Day 4/16: George Harrison, “Got My Mind Set on You”
When the Beatles landed in New York in February 1964, it was the first time in the United States for three of them, but not George Harrison. While his bandmates…
Delaware Political Weekly: April 8-14, 2022
1. DeShanna Neal Files To Primary Kop Kabalist Larry Mitchell In RD 13. Make no mistake-this immediately becomes one of the highest-priority contests for Delaware progressives this election cycle. Who…
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 15, 2022
Stop Minor Traffic Stops. Save Lives: Los Angeles last month became the biggest city to restrict the policing of minor violations. In Philadelphia, a ban on such stops has just…
Song of the Day 4/15: The Robert Cray Band, “1040 Blues”
Here's a song you'll never hear the likes of Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk singing. They don't hate taxes -- because they don't have to pay any! This was the…
DC Consultants to Re-Brand Dems as the “Octogenarian Party”
Doddering oldsters like Carper will never retire When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion…
Why not listen to, and support the Highlands Bunker? It is better than grease trap grease.
I'm catching up on some Highlands Bunker this weekend. I'm about halfway through Kathy v Kathy, but I'll come back to apply my trademarked 1-5 buckets rating when I'm done. …
Song of the Day 4/14: The Gaslight Anthem, “45”
I knew guitar rock was over back in 2012, when this single didn't break this band out of obscurity. The Gaslight Anthem had been on a steady climb since their…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 14, 2022
Here's yesterday's Session Activity Report. Both HB's 371 and 372 were released from House committees, meaning marijuana legalization is not dead yet. I was pleased and somewhat surprised that HS1/HB293…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 14, 2022
Absolute Must-Read: Pro Publica On Tax Avoidance By The Wealthy. Award-worthy, great graphics, and exceedingly aggravating. You Ever Get Mail From Hillsdale College? I do. Buncha RWNJ's pretending to be…
The Rebecca Walker Story
It's dawned on me that we've added quite a few new viewers in the past few years. Readers who are not familiar with some of the corruption that has been…