DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: November 30, 2025
Gullah Geechee Families Seek Return Of Homeland Seized By Government: A once thriving Black community along the Georgia coast called Harris Neck is now covered with greenery. During its heyday…
Song of the Day 11/29: “The Rebels”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona In his new PBS series about the American Revolution, Ken Burns doesn’t pull any punches when he describes many of the people who supported or…
Song of the Day 11/28: Jesse Welles, “Join ICE”
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Jesse Welles might seem like an overnight sensation, but like most overnight sensations it took him more than a decade to get to the big night. Now he's there, capturing…
Song of the Day 11/27: Big Star, “Thank You Friends”
Finding stuff to feel thankful for might be more difficult than usual this year, but you can take some inspiration from Alex Chilton, who wrote "Thank You Friends" for Big…
Song of the Day 11/26: Darrell Scott, “The Day Before Thanksgiving”
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Some years you just can't get into the holiday spirit. Darrell Scott knows just how that feels, and he wrote a song about it that appeared on his 2010 album…
Song of the Day 11/25: Jimmy Cliff, “Many Rivers to Cross”
Jimmy Cliff, who died last week at 81, did more than anyone outside Bob Marley to popularize the music of Jamaica, and not just with his songs. His fame came…
Song of the Day 11/24: Weezer, “Undone – The Sweater Song”
MAGA men sure are easily ruffled. The latest threat to MAGAsculinity is...a pink sweater. J Crew, known for its preppy aesthetic, is selling one in wool, with a Fair Isle…
Song of the Day 11/23: Elton John, “Friends”
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Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani shocked most people by getting along – not just politely coexisting, yukking it up together like old friends. Josh Marshall of TPM pointed out that…
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: November 23, 2025
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Long-time readers know that I am a Sondheim fanatic. I think he's our Shakespeare. He is the first among equals on my musical Mt. Rushmore (along with Curtis Mayfield, Joni…
Song of the Day 11/21: Booker T. and the M.G.’s, “Hang ‘Em High”
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Donald Trump's filter, badly atrophied to begin with, appears to have disappeared entirely with his call for six Democrats in Congress to be hung as traitors. Their "crime"? They recorded…
Song of the Day 11/20: Gordon Lightfoot, “Sundown”
Most of what Trump does would be considered "erratic behavior" in other adults, even members of Congress, but it's all normal for him. He's acted this way for years, so…
Song of the Day 8/19: The Beatles, “Piggies”
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Given all the classless acts on Donald Trump's record, calling a female reporter "piggy" would seem to rank on the low end of the scale, the kind of low-level insult…
Song of the Day 11/18: Buddy Holly, “That’ll Be the Day”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona We’ve just learned they’re going to paint over the Buddy Holly crosswalk in his home town of Lubbock, Texas. Trump has decided to enforce a…