Song of the Day 10/31: Camille Saint-Saëns, “La Danse Macabre”
Camille Saint-Saëns was one of the most famous and prolific composers of his day, and his serious works are part of the classical canon, but he's best known to the…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 31, 2024
Personal To Feckless Joe: Can't you just shut up for one more week? Or, you know, maybe stop sending more weapons to Israel? Or both? A Garbage Truck Named Trump. …
Song of the Day 10/30: Garbage, “The Men Who Rule the World”
Joe Biden is getting grief for calling MAGAts "garbage," which I maintain was just him being polite. Garbage got its name when a friend used the term to describe the…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024
A federal judge delivered a blow to Delaware's plan to expand its port along the Delaware River, ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers failed to follow proper procedures in…
I’m Calling It: Harris Will Win
Not only that--she'll have coattails that will flip the House and quite possibly at least lead to a 50-50 Senate. Yes, I think the polls are wrong. I think that…
Song of the Day 10/29: Fleetwood Mac, “Gypsy”
Stevie Nicks is everywhere the past few weeks, appearing on Saturday Night Live, releasing a new song about women's rights and, most recently, appearing on a CBS Sunday show to…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024
If Jeff Bezos was looking for a way to destroy the Washington Post, mission accomplished. Within three days of his decision to quash the paper's endorsement of Kamala Harris for…
Song of the Day 10/28: The Grateful Dead, “Box of Rain”
Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead bassist who died last week at age 84, had never played the bass when Jerry Garcia asked him to join the band. But he had…
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 28, 2024
The disgrace of governments giving taxpayer money to private, for-profit businesses is, sadly, widespread, simply the way business is conducted in our greedy society. Poor-Excuse-For-A-Democrat John Carney brought Delaware to…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Yes, It Was A Great Speech. At least in part because Michelle made a very important point: “If your wife is shivering and bleeding on the operating room table during…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024
The Relentless Rethug Campaign To Disenfranchise Voters. Virginia: On Friday, a Virginia judge ruled that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s recent purge of close to two thousand voters from state rolls—within…
Song of the Day 10/25: Jay & the Techniques, “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”
Peach season is long gone, but fall is prime time for apples and pumpkin pie. Though it wasn't the only chart appearance for Allentown, Pa.'s, Jay Proctor and the Techniques,…
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 25, 2024
Melissa Brayman For NCC President. Monique Johns' behavior since she won a five-way primary has revealed who she is: A money-grubbing grifter and a narcissist. The best that we could…