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Song of the Day 12/23: Angela Lansbury, “We Need a Little Christmas”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona “We Need a Little Christmas” is a Christmas song about celebrating Christmas when it’s not Christmastime. Auntie Mame has just lost all her money in the 1929 stock market crash. She needs cheering up right now. So forget the calendar, “We Need a Little Christmas,” she tells her household. “Haul […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Just because we’re into the Holiday Doldrums Week on the blog doesn’t mean that Trump’s destruction of everything we hold dear is slowing down. Take yesterday, for example. Please: Trump Goes After Greenland Again. Trump To Shut Down Center For Climate Research. Trump Shuts Down Wind Projects. A quote: “President Trump has been clear: wind […]
Song of the Day 12/22: The 1975, “Wintering”
Christmas can be a hectic time for young adults. You’ve left the nest, but your parents expect you to return home for the holidays, and they’re likely to treat you like you’re still in high school. Catching up with old friends you bump into just heightens the feeling of traveling in time as well as […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, December 22, 2025
$2 Billion Buys You Quite A Lot–From Trump. Here’s why I keep my NYTimes subscription: Since President Trump was elected a second time, he and his allies have raised nearly $2 billion for his favored political causes and passion projects. That total, which was confirmed by four people involved in the fund-raising, likely eclipses the […]
DL Presents: Our MVP’s For 2025
‘MVP’ standing for ‘Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause’ in Delaware. This is my list. Your lists would undoubtedly differ. Although–I read all of your suggestions and, in some cases, incorporated your nominees onto the list. Two of the entries this year identify people who also serve as proxies for those who have joined them […]
Song of the Day 12/21: Maddy Prior, “Ding Dong! Merrily on High”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There are two Christmas songs with what seem like almost endless strings of “o’s” in the word “gloria” – “33 syllables in just one breath,” one expert determined. One of these songs you’re surely familiar with, the other maybe not so much. The chestnut “Angels We Have Heard on High” […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: December 21, 2025
The Best Wildlife Photos Of 2025–Be sure to check out the giant Japanese mantis. 10 Fave Books Of 2025: I chose this list because ‘The Antidote’ by Karen Russell was my favorite fiction of the year. Although–for sheer gruesome pleasure, it’s hard to go wrong with S.A. Cosby’s ‘King Of Ashes’. A List Of ‘Best’ […]
Coons Said What?
This might be the least mealy-mouthed thing Chris Coons has ever said as a senator. He was on MSNOW, formerly MSNBC, to talk about the semi-release of the Epstein files, when he dropped this bombshell: “There were some new photos released of different powerful men in and around the company of Epstein. One thing that […]
Song of the Day 12/20: Cast in Bronze, “Carol of the Bells”
If the “Carol of the Bells” doesn’t sound like a Christmas carol, it might be because it wasn’t at first. It was a Ukrainian New Year’s song back when Ukrainians celebrated the New Year in April. When the country adopted the Gregorian calendar, with New Year’s Day in January, the tune switched seasons. Maybe because […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 20, 2025
Of Course They Didn’t Release All The Epstein Docs. Released a photo of Clinton in a bath, though: Lawmakers from both parties on Friday accused the Justice Department of failing to comply with a law requiring the release of all of its material on Jeffrey Epstein, citing extensive redactions and the department’s acknowledgment that it […]
Song of the Day 12/19: Gene Autry, “Here Comes Santa Claus”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona A perennially popular Christmas song was born when a crowd of parade-goers in 1946 shouted “here comes Santa Claus” as the Grand Marshal approached on horseback in cowboy regalia. They were clamoring for the nearby Santa impersonator, but Gene Autry, atop Champion, heard the shouting and knew what he needed […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 19, 2025
Trump’s Pardons Wiped Away Mandatory Restitution For Victims. You just know that Trump was thinking of himself when he did this: At least 20 people who have received clemency from Trump so far this year — cutting their sentence short, restoring their civil rights after imprisonment or allowing them to avoid prison altogether — were […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending December 18, 2025
We start with the inevitable announcement that ‘The Other Mike Smith’ is running for yet another office. This time, State Treasurer. You may recall that, in 2024, His PAL Val Longhurst granted him leave from his legislative job to primary Frank Burns in RD 21, a Newark-area district. Burns had come oh-so-close to defeating Mike […]
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