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How Wilmington And State Government Have Traditionally Targeted Black Communities
By Mark Brunswick The Southbridge news event was held at Peter Spencer Plaza, across from City Hall yesterday. As I sat waiting for something to happen, I thought about how development has affected the city during my lifetime. The Eastside of Wilmington used to be “east of Market St”, not 10th and Pine. The Poplar […]
The ‘Plastic’ Straw That Broke The Kabal’s Back?
AKA ‘The Starboard And The Styrofoam’. This is a story about how Delaware’s worst miscreants, both legislative and others, conspired to kill a bill that would have taken a whole bunch of plastic and styrofoam out of the waste stream. In fact, this bill was so popular that I simply assumed that the bill had […]
Nnamdi Doubles Down On His Own Demise
I don’t think he has a political death wish. Just think he’s oblivious to the impact that his words have. Hey, at least he’s telling his own vision of the truth even if it leads to his defeat at the hands of Shane Darby. From Amanda Fries’ generally excellent (with one notable exception) article on […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 7, 2022
The Devolution Of The Rethuglican Party Began with–Newt Gingrich? This piece makes a pretty good case–although I think Nixon was the beginning of the party’s descent into pure hatred: Rupert Murdoch famously offered Gingrich a $4.5 million book deal in 1994. That started to smell a tad too stinky. If Gingrich writes his memoirs, he […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 6, 2022
Indiana Governor First To Sign Abortion Ban Post-Roe. Time for a serious economic boycott of All Things Indiana: The law’s passage came just three days after voters in Kansas, another conservative Midwestern state, overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would have stripped abortion rights protections from their State Constitution, a result seen nationally as a sign […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 5, 2022
The Kavanaugh FBI Investigation That Wasn’t. The FBI just forwarded all the tips to–the Trump White House: WHITEHOUSE: As you know, we are entering the fourth year of a frustrating saga […] regarding the Kavanaugh supplemental background investigation, and I’d like to get that matter wrapped up. First, is it true that after Kavanaugh-related tips […]
Wilmington’s Black Community And The Delaware Way: Conclusion
Editor’s Note: Written By Mark Brunswick: This is my last post on Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s 1924 essay, ‘Delaware: A Jewel of Inconsistencies.’ There is an interesting nugget in the essay, “The Delaware Negro, by the way, has the reputation of being a, “bad actor” when he gets started. Whether this has anything to do with the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 4, 2022
Attention, Dem Officeholders: I don’t care if you just have to reach your fundraising goal–especially when you are either running unopposed or facing negligible opposition–especially when some of the money you’re raising gets passed through to Delaware Way types. Which reminds me, for those of you considering runs for higher office down the line, selling […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: July 2022
Featuring, somewhere within this list, an artist who is coming to the Arden Gild Hall in November! (Tickets on sale soon…): Watch this video from one of our strangest and most fascinating ensembles: In my seventies, still listening to teenagers. Might even try to book ’em…: Don’t think he can write a bad, or […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 31, 2022
Report: Russian Economy Is Imploding. I know, I know, it runs counter to the media narrative, but it just might be accurate. The conclusions: – Russia’s strategic positioning as a commodities exporter has irrevocably deteriorated, as it now deals from a position of weakness with the loss of its erstwhile main markets, and faces steep […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 30, 2022
‘Watchdog’ Was Trump Lapdog. Staff planned to retrieve ‘lost e-mails, he deep-sixed plan: The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative team’s effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted Secret Service texts this year, according to four people with knowledge of the decision and internal records reviewed by The Washington […]
Mark Brunswick: “The Delaware Way And The Black Community In Wilmington, Ctd.”
Editor’s Note: We are beyond thrilled that Mark Brunswick will soon be joining us as a regular contributor to Delaware Liberal. There are precious few voices with Mark’s knowledge and sagacity in the entire State. He’ll even have his own byline and everything! Until he’s firmly situated on our WordPress app, we’ll post his articles […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 29, 2022
More ‘Missing’ Jan. 6 Texts. Not coincidence. Crimes: Text messages for former President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli are missing for a key period leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to four people briefed on the matter and internal emails. The […]
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