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Song of the Day 12/7: Steve Cropper & the Midnight Hour, “Talkin’ Bout Politics”
Steve Cropper, who died Dec. 3 at 84, did as much as anyone to make Stax a soul powerhouse in the ’60s – playing guitar in the house band, Booker T and the MG’s, co-writing a clutch of R&B classics, including “The Dock of the Bay,” “Knock on Wood” and “In the Midnight Hour,” and […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: December 7, 2025
Why ‘The Charlie Brown Christmas Special’ Resonates: My parents were atheists; I knew almost nothing about Christianity as a child, although I got the lay of the land when I was sent to Catholic school in sixth grade. Before that, my parents—especially my mother—actively worked to keep me and my sister free from religion, Christianity […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 6, 2025
Gotta make this quick–it’s Claymont Parade Day… CDC Goes All-In On Anti-Vax: ATLANTA — For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fought attempts by the anti-vaccine movement to sow doubts in the safety and efficacy of the shots that marked a triumph of public health. This week, the agency instead provided a […]
Song of the Day 12/5: Mark Knopfler, “Sailing to Philadelphia”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Two Englishmen sail west across the Atlantic and finally spy “the capes of Delaware.” They have a big job ahead. As this Mark Knopfler song about them says, they’ve come to America to “draw the line.” They are the surveyors Jeremiah Dixon and Charles Mason. They spring to life in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 6, 2025
Corrupt Supreme Court OK’s Corrupt Texas Gerrymander. Did you expect any other result?: The Supreme Court was simply hamstrung, Justice Samuel Alito wrote, unable to knock down Texas’ hyper-partisan, likely racial gerrymander because the election it would govern is so close. Said election, though, is a whopping 11 months away. Yet that near year of […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending December 4, 2025
“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]
Song of the Day 12/4: The Beatles, “Rocky Racoon”
Things are so bad in this country that even the wildlife is getting hammered. A liquor store in Virginia was ransacked by a raccoon that was found passed out drunk on a bathroom floor. This comes on the heels of a report in Scientific American that urban raccoons are showing signs of domesticating themselves. Now […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 4, 2025
Trump Knows That Tariffs Will Be Ruled Illegal By Supreme Court: Since oral arguments on Nov. 5, Trump has removed or otherwise modified IEEPA tariffs for myriad goods imported from at least seven countries. Coffee and beef from Brazil, pharmaceutical products, aerospace equipment, and key commodities from Malaysia, and textiles and apparel from El Salvador […]
Song of the Day 12/3: The Byrds, “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better”
Alina Habba, the pride of Widener Law School, has been disqualified as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey after an appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration’s ploy for appointing her is illegal. It’s the second such ruling in recent weeks, bad news for Trump’s Lawfare Revenge tour but a rare-enough win for the rest […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
“Schumer: Trump Is Clearly Demented And Needs To Step Down.” Yes, it’s a fake headline. You could put the name of any Democratic officeholder in there, and it would still be a fake headline. Despite the fact that Trump is clearly demented. Just days after calling Tim Walz the R word, he calls Somalis living […]
BREAKING: We Have Our Coons Alternative!
We can only send one Chris to the United States Senate. Why not send a true Democrat? Here is the official campaign release: Chris Beardsley Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate to Champion Healthcare and Housing as Human Rights for Delawareans WILMINGTON, Del. – Chris Beardsley, community advocate and dedicated public servant, today announced his candidacy […]
Song of the Day 12/2: Green Day, “Brain Stew”
Trump’s rapid unraveling is getting hard to ignore, but I’m not seeing many stories about the man-child rage-tweeting into the wee hours to spout ever-more-incredulous fabblegab. My personal favorite: in the waning days of Biden’s administration, Michelle Obama wielded the Nefarious Autopen to “pardon key individuals.” Maybe he should take something for that insomnia. That’s […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Hegseth Tries To Make Admiral Scapegoat For His War Crimes. I don’t think this will go well: Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike on suspected drug smugglers […]
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