DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025
America's ever-credulous mainstream media quickly broadcast a supposed Trump administration effort to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers, despite a law to the contrary that Trump himself signed in…
Song of the Day 10/7: Townes Van Zandt, “Dead Flowers”
In compiling my list of 10 cover songs for the WXPN countdown, I'm prioritizing versions that reimagine or redefine the first release. Sometimes that means taking the lyrical element more…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025
Is the AI revolution a boom or a bubble? A recent analysis found that 80% of the growth in the stock market is in tech stocks, with much of the…
Song of the Day 10/6: Vanilla Fudge, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
Every year WXPN solicits listener opinions for a "top 885" list. This year the subject is cover songs, a topic that eliminates less than half of all recorded music from…
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 6, 2025
A Trump-appointed federal judge put the kibosh on Trump's plan to send the National Guard, any national guard, to Portland. We'll see how long that lasts before the six SCOTUS…
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 5, 2025
Coffee, Cheese, Wine: Nature's Most Essential Foods? Or just my most essential foods?: Coffee: Coffee growers are dealing with a lot right now. Most immediately, the Trump administration's tariffs, which…
Song of the Day 10/4: Boy George, “The Crying Game”
Some celebrities don't know when to shut up. Author J.K. Rowling isn't the first billionaire superstar to destroy her reputation by airing views odious to the mainstream – hey there,…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Supreme Court Allows Trump To Deport 300,000 Venezuelans: The Supreme Court said Friday the Trump administration can for now strip temporary protections from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants, pausing…
Song of the Day 10/3: Sweet, “The Ballroom Blitz”
With the federal government shut down, everything except crucial work is supposed to stop. Apparently work on Trump's turd of a White House ballroom qualifies as crucial, because it will…
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 3, 2025
The Knee-Jerks Didn't Like This: The Trump administration has approved a new generic version of the mifepristone abortion pill, a decision made by the Food and Drug Administration this week…
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending October 2, 2025
1. Dan Cruce Wants You To Know That He Reallyreallyreally Lives In Wilmington: He just resurfaced there after having been invisible since, well, since the Special Election. He's trumpeting his…
Song of the Day 10/2: The Lovin’ Spoonful, “Do You Believe in Magic”
There's been some speculation recently that Donald Trump's "advisers" (a more accurate term would be "manipulators") are feeding him a steady diet of fake videos to influence his "decisions" (a…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 2, 2025
Gonna have to make this quick --Delmarva is doing maintenance work, and we'll be w/o power starting at 8 am. I've poured myself a double (shot of TJ's Cold Brew),…