Farewell — Bob Herbert’s Last NYT Column

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Bob Herbert has spent years writing about lives and challenges of those increasingly voiceless and often invisible in our society.   He has been a fiercely moral voice writing about the immorality of torture, killing, institutional injustice against the poor, or working people or minorities -- always making the case that you can't be a great nation by demonizing and dehumanizing those who aren't so fortunate.  There is alot to commend about his career -- I probably remember best his writing against torture and his dogged effort to not let the people of Tulia targeted by law enforcement out of control get out of our sight.

A Tale Of Two Republicans

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Currently there are two posts on the blogoshere written by Delaware Republicans.  Over at TommyWonk, Michael Stafford lays out why religious beliefs and science are compatible.  He states, correctly, that…

The Wilmington State of the City Tantrum

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Last night, Mayor Jim Baker of Wilmington was scheduled to deliver his annual State of the City Address to the City Council and the public. As always, he had prepared remarks and started with an overview of the state of the city's budget and his plan to deal with the budget shortfall. He pretty quickly abandoned those remarks to deliver an explosive tantrum at the Wilmington City Council, castigating them (and blaming them) for the increased tensions and difficulties in getting administration initiatives passed.