Song of the Day 9/15: Albert Brooks, “The Englishman-German-Jew Blues”
Saturday is the only night of the week I like the true blues, the sad, soulful kind sung in pain. But Saturday is also the night I'm most in the…
CentristMart, Where Delaware Democrats Shop
So far it exists only in Brian McFadden's latest editorial cartoon, but I think there's a market for it in Dover. Plus we can get Jason a CentristMart gift card…
Boola Boola, Sons of Eli: Coons Hasn’t Renounced Fellow Yalie Kavanaugh Yet
If Chris Coons' bipartisanship was supposed to buy him a hearing with Republicans, now would be an excellent the time for him to speak out publicly against Brett Kavanaugh (Yale…
Sept. 14 Open Thread: Nixon’s Not the One
Cynthia Nixon couldn't overcome that surname. Andrew Cuomo trounced her by 30 points, about the same margin by which Tom Carper defeated Kerri Harris. But her campaign's effect on the…
Song of the Day 9/14: Thin Lizzy, “Cowboy Song”
I guess El Som didn't want to break the news that it was only me playing guest DJ for his week off. I'll warn you now that I have ridiculously…
Sept. 13 Open Thread: Thin Blue Line? More Like Thick Blue Wall
America's latest police atrocity is playing out in Dallas, where a cop named Amber Guyger returned from her shift and entered the apartment directly above hers -- supposedly thinking it…
Things I Learned About the New Tom Carper
Know what I learned about Tom Carper in this election? He supports a $15 an hour minimum wage. I didn't know that about him before. For the simple reason that…
Sept. 12 Open Thread: Surf’s Up!
All year long we've heard pundits warning that maybe a blue wave was just wishful thinking, that a Democratic takeover of the House might not happen because the polls could…
Sept. 9 Open Thread: Anonymice, a Failed State and Insubordinate Hillbillies
An anonymous White House source has outed himself. No, not the writer, the one who spoke the obvious. Mick Mulvaney, one of the sneakiest rats on the USS Trump, is…
Sept. 8 Open Thread: Kavanaugh Wears a Robe Because His Pants Are on Fire
The Anomynous Controversy™ has managed to obscure the most important revelation in the Brett Kavanaugh hearings: The future SCOTUS justice is a sack of shit who thinks nothing of lying…
Sept. 7 Open Thread: Some Days I Can’t Even
It has nothing to do with the local primaries, which went as I expected/feared they would. It's rather the latest development in the ongoing reality series "White House Apprentice." The…
Sept. 5 Open Thread: Woodward Confirms What We All Know
Official Washington's reaction to Bob Woodward's book is exactly what you'd expect in Kabuki theater: People are shocked, shocked to learn that "the adults" in the White House have been…
McCain Eulogy Revives Biden 2020 Chatter
Oratory is Joe Biden's trademark as a politician, and he displays it best at funerals. His eulogy for John McCain was so good it prompted some pundits to muse about…