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DL Open Thread Monday, March 18, 2024

By Alby March 18, 20245 Comments

Donald Trump continued his Dotard America tour over the weekend, promising a "bloodbath" if he's not elected. Supporters are trying to pretend that he was talking about the auto industry,…

Song of the Day 3/17: Thin Lizzy, “Whiskey in the Jar”

By Alby March 17, 20241 Comment

Popular Irish songs might sound ancient, but many aren't very old. "The Fields of Atheny," for example, is about the potato famine, but it was written in the 1970s. "Ragland…

Song of the Day 3/16: The Ink Spots, “We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)”

By Alby March 16, 2024

A theme song for the gubernatorial race. No editorial comment intended. The Ink Spots, among the country's most popular vocal groups in the 1930s and '40s, had tremendous influence on…

Song of the Day 3/15: The Ides of March, “Vehicle”

By Alby March 15, 20241 Comment

An old anecdote tells of the student who went to see "Hamlet" and complained, "It's just a bunch of cliches strung together." Indeed, absent the Bard, would anyone refer to…

Song of the Day 3/14: Kate Bush, “Pi”

By Alby March 14, 20242 Comments

Pi Day, so called because in American notation it looks like the first three digits of the mathematical constant (in Europe today is 14/3), is a bona fide holiday, designated…

Let Them Eat Cereal

By Alby March 14, 20243 Comments

The CEO of Kellogg's, which has raised prices post-pandemic more than any other cereal company, thought this was a good time to mention a concept food processors have been pushing…

O’Mara’s In

By Alby March 13, 202427 Comments

Former DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara filed the paperwork, becoming the first Democrat to enter the race for governor. His pitch: Democrats control every statewide office and both houses of the…

Song of the Day 3/13: David Allan Coe, “Take This Job and Shove It”

By Alby March 13, 20243 Comments

Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado is among the 23 Republican House members who announced they would not seek reelection this year, but yesterday he went them one better: He's not…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 13, 2024

By Alby March 13, 20243 Comments

I don't know why this is surprising anymore, but it seems Robert Hur, the Trump-aligned special counsel who said Joe Biden's brain was scrambled eggs, stretched the truth out of…

Song of the Day 3/12: Raspberries, “Go All the Way”

By Alby March 12, 20241 Comment

Eric Carmen, the frontman of seminal early '70s power pop band the Raspberries, died over the weekend at age 74. He gained greater fame in the '80s after he left…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 12, 2024

By Alby March 12, 20249 Comments

The backlash against the police reforms that came after the George Floyd protests has been fierce, led by the police themselves. That's led to many jurisdictions undoing those reforms in…

Song of the Day 3/11: Roxy Music, “Virginia Plain”

By Alby March 11, 20241 Comment

People are still talking about Alabama Sen. Katie Britt's disastrous State of the Union response, which seems to test the theory that there's no such thing as bad publicity. I…

DL Open Thread Monday, March 11, 2024

By Alby March 11, 20242 Comments

I realize that most opposition to immigration stems from tribalism and protectionism, but something anti-immigration warriors rarely appreciate is simple economics: More people equals more economic activity. That's why the…