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Who’s Afraid of the Green New Deal?

By Alby February 26, 20197 Comments

Lots of people, it seems, even some of the 81% who tell pollsters they support it. Republicans consider it the spawn of Satan or, worse, Lenin. Democrats fret that it's…

Song of the Day 2/26: Queen and David Bowie, “Under Pressure”

By Alby February 26, 2019

I promise this is the last day of Queen music, and to be honest I'm posting it not only because it's a great song, but because this video manages to…

Owning the Libs Isn’t Everything, It’s the Only Thing

By Alby February 25, 201915 Comments

The question "How did Trump win?" has various answers. One of the most compelling, because its truth is on display daily, is that Republican voters don't care a fig about…

Song of the Day 2/25: Queen, “I’m in Love With My Car”

By Alby February 25, 20191 Comment

As expected, Rami Malek won the Oscar last night for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody." More surprisingly, the show opened with the current incarnation of the band…

Biden Is Running, Isn’t He?

By Alby February 24, 201924 Comments

Jason's prediction is looking more likely by the day, as the Associated Press released a big story about how Joe Biden's vast foreign policy experience makes him unique in the…

Song of the Day 2/24: Marc Martel, “Bohemian Rhapsody”

By Alby February 24, 20197 Comments

Not being a movie person, I have no opinion about who should win anything at tonight's Academy Awards. But I did see "Bohemian Rhapsody," and while the movie has been…

Song of the Day 2/23: The Records, “Starry Eyes”

By Alby February 23, 20192 Comments

The Records were a British power-pop band of the late '70s-early '80s, one of the post-punk, skinny-tie, jangly-guitar outfits that carried the torch for rock 'n' roll against its deformed…

Dying of Whiteness

By Alby February 22, 20197 Comments

I came across this anecdote in an interview with physician and social scientist Jonathan M. Metzl, whose book, “Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s…

Song of the Day 2/22: The Monkees, “For Pete’s Sake”

By Alby February 22, 20193 Comments

Peter Tork of the Monkees died yesterday at age 77. Tork was 24 and playing folk music in Greenwich Village when his friend Stephen Stills urged him to audition for…

Song of the Day 2/21: The Knife, “Heartbeats”

By Alby February 21, 2019

The Knife was a brother/sister Swedish band that was so quirky it didn't perform live until two years after releasing its album "Deep Cuts" in 2003. Critics loved it, especially…

Carney Addresses the Statewide Property Tax

By Alby February 20, 201947 Comments

In what has become an annual custom, Mark Brainard, grand poobah of Delaware Technical and Community College, is asking the General Assembly for a new statewide property tax to raise…

Song of the Day 2/20: Steely Dan, “Only a Fool Would Say That”

By Alby February 20, 2019

Every time I hear another attack on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this song pops into my mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06a19-S77F4 Some people say this is the Dan's answer to John Lennon's "Imagine," (Lennon, remember,…

Song of the Day 2/19: The Rolling Stones, “Hand of Fate”

By Alby February 19, 20192 Comments

The star of this track is a guy who almost became a Rolling Stone. Wayne Perkins was a session guitarist out of Muscle Shoals, one of a half-dozen or so…