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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023

By Alby November 14, 20233 Comments

Republicans in Ohio are showing how little regard their party has for democracy, and by extension the public: As soon as the state's electorate rejected their forced-birth agenda by a…

Song of the Day 11/13: Buffy Sainte Marie, “Universal Soldier”

By Alby November 13, 2023

Buffy Sainte-Marie has been in the news recently because a documentary has cast strong doubt on her claim to indigenous ancestry. She has long claimed she was born on a…

Is Collin O’Mara Running for Governor?

By Alby November 13, 202323 Comments

We've seen lots of chatter lately about former state Secretary of Natural Resources Collin O'Mara exploring a run for governor. I just can't see it. Since stepping down from the…

Arden’s Single-Tax A Cure For Urban Blight?

By El Somnambulo November 13, 2023

Detroit's mayor thinks so: When Mayor Mike Duggan talks about his accomplishments in Detroit, the list is both impressive and sad. He had the streetlights turned back on, and reopened…

DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 13, 2023

By Alby November 13, 202314 Comments

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott became the latest GOP hopeful to realize that trying to change the zombified minds of Trump cultists is a fool's errand. He ended his presidential…

Song of the Day 11/12: The Pretenders, “Brass in Pocket”

By Alby November 12, 20232 Comments

Another entry on my Greatest Songs by Women ballot, this was the hit that ushered in the '80s – in Great Britain, at least. It was the third single off…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 12, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 12, 20231 Comment

How Army Munitions Plant Arms Mass Shooters. With No Accountability: The initials stand for the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. Built during World War II, the federal site, in Independence,…

Song of the Day 11/11: Paul Simon, “Armistice Day”

By Alby November 11, 20231 Comment

We don't call it that any more, of course. Armistice Day honors the end of the war that was going to end all wars. After the peace failed, so did…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 11, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 11, 20233 Comments

Rethug Lawyer, Former NCC Councilman, Disbarred. Richard Abbott. Man, you just gotta read this opinion. An excerpt: We cannot help but lament that a seemingly mundane lawsuit would escalate into a nasty…

Song of the Day 11/10: Jefferson Airplane, “White Rabbit”

By Alby November 10, 20232 Comments

Grace Slick faded relatively young, but back in the '60s she was among the most important female artists in rock, the face of the San Francisco sound that turned made…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 10, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 10, 20237 Comments

Government Shutdown Next Week? You'd forgotten all about that, hadn't you? So had I. But it's almost upon us: At odds with one another on spending, House Republicans abruptly scrapped…

Delaware Political Weekly: November 3-9, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 10, 202341 Comments

1. Carney For Wilmington. First, even with the lowered journalistic standards that have become the new normal, I can't believe that, as I'm writing this, not a single news organization…

Song of the Day 11/9: Janis Joplin, “Mercedes Benz”

By Alby November 9, 2023

Several Janis Joplin songs will make WXPN's Greatest Songs by Women Countdown next month. This, the last one she ever recorded, got my vote. Joplin recorded the tune in one…