Open Thread – Page 13 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 27, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 27, 2026

It's The Weakness, Stupid. Americans are unhappy with the way things are going in the country, and don’t feel particularly well represented by either major political party. In our new…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026

By Alby February 26, 20261 Comment

The Epstein Files are like radioactive material with a long half-life, still killing the careers of people like Larry Summers, the overrated economist, long after the pedophile at the center…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026

By Alby February 25, 20263 Comments

I don't watch State of the Union speeches because I avoid self-promotion no matter who the president happens to be, but apparently the Screeching Shitbag delivered the longest-ever such speech,…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 24, 20263 Comments

How Epstein's 'Male Gaze' Toxicity Created A Glass Ceiling For Women. Academia: In 2018, an elite group of academics and scientists planned to gather for an exclusive retreat at a…

DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 23, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 23, 20266 Comments

Anybody OK With ICE Building Concentration Camps? Without the ovens--so far: A once sleepy rural town named Social Circle, Ga. — just over 40 miles east of Atlanta off Interstate…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: February 21, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 22, 20269 Comments

Frederick Wiseman--America's Irreplaceable Documentarian: Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking,…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 21, 20264 Comments

Trump Proclaims Tariffs Will Not Go Gently Into That Good Night. You expected anything different from Der Furor?: Donald Trump on Friday railed against the supreme court justices who blocked…

DL Open Thread Friday, Feb. 20, 2026

By Alby February 20, 20265 Comments

Spotlight Delaware unveiled a major project yesterday that assesses the statewide reassessment that has gored many an ox. Not surprisingly, it found that poor people and minorities got hit the…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026

By Alby February 19, 20264 Comments

For those who pay attention to polls, this recent one contains an interesting phenomenon, noted on BlueSky by Adam Bonin, a lawyer from Philadelphia. For months I've banged the drum…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 18, 20263 Comments

Why Not Colbert For President?: Stephen Colbert addressed the fervor around Monday’s “Late Show” on Tuesday, remarking that he’d said his piece after CBS wouldn’t air his interview with James…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 17, 20263 Comments

RIP: Jesse Jackson: “I may be poor ...” began the call-and-response Rev. Jesse Jackson led in various forms before rapt audiences for more than half a century. “But I am…

DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 16, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 16, 20264 Comments

Everyone But Trump Takes Fall Over Epstein Ties. Casey Wasserman: Prominent US agent Casey Wasserman is selling his talent company after documents linking him to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: February 15, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 15, 20263 Comments

The 'Looksmaxxing Mainstream'. Is this what Michael Jackson was going for?: Clavicular is 6-foot-2, weighs 180 pounds and has a 31-inch waist. His biacromial width — basically the span of…