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The Perennial Sloppiness of the News Journal Editorial Page

By cassandra_m March 8, 201018 Comments

Let us count the ways: 1. Sunday's paper had a couple of UD Professors of Economics firing up the noise machine for tax cuts to stimulate the economy. Even though…

Daily Kos Features Delaware’s Weatherization Stimulus

By Unstable Isotope March 8, 2010

Meteor Blades at Daily Kos has published a post about how states are slow to use their stimulus weatherization dollars. One exception that is cited is the state of Delaware…

They Just Can’t Help Themselves

By Unstable Isotope March 8, 20104 Comments

If you watch the news media very much (especially Fox), you'd think that Obama is a terrible failure and extremely unpopular. The truth is that Obama remains fairly popular, around…

Constructive Senate Reform Ideas from Freshman Senator Michael Bennet

By cassandra_m March 8, 20103 Comments

The broad outline here includes:

This Can’t Be A Surprise, Can It?

By cassandra_m March 7, 20102 Comments

But nor can it be a surprise that Republicans are judging other people's packages, can it?

Oscars Open Thread

By Delaware Dem March 7, 201017 Comments

Click through for my predictions

State Republicans Defend The Employee Pay Scandal

By Unstable Isotope March 7, 20109 Comments

Last week, the News Journal published an article on the abuse of legislative perks by the GOP in the General Assembly. Among the revelations were that the GOP majority paid…

Karl Rove Got Beat Up by a Little Girl

By Delaware Dem March 7, 20102 Comments

It explains everything actually: According to his new memoir, a 9-year-old Rove affixed a Nixon sticker to his bicycle, prompting a leftist girl child to give him a bloody nose.…

What Will Happen if Bin Laden is Captured?

By Delaware Dem March 7, 201011 Comments

President Obama has already been far more successful in prosecuting the War on Terror in his first year than George W. Bush was in his entire 8 year term. And…

Kavips on NRA and the Public Housing Ban.

By Delaware Dem March 7, 201035 Comments

The NRA must think that the oh so cleverly named and downright deceptive HB 357 will not pass as written, given the righteous reaction of Governor Markell, and the exposed…

Ask Dr. Liberal

By Delaware Dem March 7, 20106 Comments

This time, the good Doctor talks about ornamental grasses in Hockessin and Lady GaGa. God help us all.

Weekend Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope March 6, 201012 Comments

Welcome to this beautiful weekend! My yard is now 100% snow free and it feels like springtime. I hope everyone is out and about enjoying the weather. Wolf Blitzer apologized…

The Ghost Whisperer

By Unstable Isotope March 6, 20107 Comments

DADT repeal has been a hot topic this year, and surprisingly uncontroversial. The repeal is supported by more than 70% of Americans. John McCain has become one of the leaders…