Open Thread

Our Fascination With 'Frankenstein': It is, perhaps, the most famous origin story in literature, and it begins with blood-red snow falling from the sky. The year 1816 brought forth freakish…

Judges Order Trump To Forestall Starvation For Millions: A judge in Rhode Island on Friday ordered the Trump administration to keep paying for food stamps during the shutdown, finding that…

Air Traffic Controllers Could STILL Be The Key To Ending Government Shutdown: Air traffic controller absences delayed or temporarily halted operations at airports on Thursday, as the Trump administration warned…

'Time To Break Out The Nukes': President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said he directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China,…

FASCISM ON THE MARCH!  (That sound you don't hear are Democrats fighting back en masse): How DHS Used Fake Footage To Claim That Cities Were In Peril: The Department of Homeland…

I Hope That Hurricane Melissa Isn't Jamaica's Katrina: Hurricane Melissa was on track to make a direct hit on Jamaica on Tuesday, as the nation’s prime minister warned that no…

Suxco County D Chair Resigns: The Sussex County Democratic Party Chair, Jeff Balk, who was the subject of recent controversy over his decision to remain in leadership despite his past…

Sulawesi--The Island That Holds The Earth's Secrets?: Mount Lokon, part of an active stratovolcano. Sulawesi, Indonesia, is a spectacular and singular place, blurring the boundaries between myth and ecology. This…

So, let's see.  Just an average week.  Trump destroys the East Wing of the White House to make way for the Billionaires' Ballroom that will dwarf the rest of the…

If you need any explanation as to why the Democratic Party is held in such low regard, it's because we have a lunatic president doing utterly bonkers things every day…

The Fourth Estate Becomes The Fourth Reich.  Presenting The Brand-New Pentagon Press Corps: Nearly one week since a rash of Pentagon journalists turned in their press credentials after refusing to…

John Carney's First Veto Reinforces Whose Side He's On.  It's, uh, not on the side of renters with unresponsive landlords: Last week, Wilmington Mayor John Carney announced he would veto…

And the people who will consider approving this deal are all his former defenders who he has now stacked the Justice Department with: President Trump is demanding that the Justice…