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DL Open Thread: Monday, January 5, 2025
You may have missed it, but we now have our Hitler. A deranged madman bent on taking over countries aided by a supplicant press and fellow criminals running the government. And destroying anybody who doesn’t belong to the male Aryan race. Not to mention courts dominated by the madman’s chosen minions. The Republican Party is […]
Song of the Day 1/4: Billy Joel, “Big Shot”
I could dedicate this song to Trump, but the real reason for setting aside my aversion to Billy Joel is that he sang in public Friday for the first time since May, when he announced he had a brain condition that ruled out performing and cancelled all future concerts. Joel, who owns a home in […]
DL’s Most-Viewed Stories, 2025
People love Top 10 lists, so to wrap up the holiday weekend – you didn’t pretend to work Friday, did you? – here, in descending order, are the Top 10 most-viewed Delaware Liberal stories for 2025. No. 10: Wrap-up of a busy third-to-last day of General Assembly. General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 26, […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: January 4, 2026
Stingless Bees Granted Legal Rights: Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be a catalyst for similar moves to protect bees elsewhere. It means that across a broad swathe of the Peruvian Amazon, the rainforest’s long-overlooked native […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Jan. 3, 2025
While You Were Sleeping–Trump Invaded Venezuela and Arrested Maduro: President Trump said on Saturday that the United States had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and was flying him out of Venezuela, in what would be a stunning culmination to a monthslong campaign by Mr. Trump’s administration to oust the authoritarian leader. Mr. Trump made […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending Jan. 1, 2026
“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 1/2: The American Breed, “Bend Me, Shape Me”
This song, a No. 5 hit for the American Breed in 1968, was prophetically titled – several bands covered it in the ’60s, and it sounded different each time. Credited to Scott English, best known for co-writing Barry Manilow’s “Mandy,” and Larry Weiss, who co-wrote “Rhinestone Cowboy,” it was first recorded by the Outsiders for […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Jan. 2, 2026
I have a question to start: We’ve had two notable murders in Delaware over the past two weeks. When the former owner of the Stone Balloon, who is also the former husband of Jill Biden, has been incarcerated for allegedly murdering his wife right here in Delaware, why hasn’t a single major Delaware news outlet […]
Song of the Day 1/1: Ferko String Band, “When You’re Smiling”
When I think of Mummers string bands, I imagine the string bands of my childhood – masses of banjos in parade formation, supplemented by saxophones and glockenspiels, all played by guys wearing sequins and plywood backpieces adorned with ostrich feathers. They probably had their heyday in post-WWII era, when Ferko String Band cut some LPs. […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 1, 2026
Trump Declares Defeat In LA, Chicago and Portland: President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is pulling the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, although the troops already had a limited presence becausethe states involved had sued to block their deployment. Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that troops would […]
Delaware 2025: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous
THE GOOD: Jan. 17: Gov. Meyer commits to scaling back windfalls to large corporations. Says he will focus on small business development instead. March 5: Gov. Meyer proposes energy reforms, including more power to challenge rate increases. Both the Governor and the General Assembly ultimately follow through on these proposals. March 7: Delaware Supreme Court […]
Song of the Day 12/31: Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot, “Bonnie and Clyde”
Yesterday for Song of the Day I related the story of Serge Gainsbourg’s disastrous first date with Brigitte Bardot, who was married at the time, and how she told him that to make it up to her he should write “the most beautiful love song he could imagine.” He wrote the steamy duet “Je T’Aime…Moi […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025
ICE To Spend $100 Mill To Recruit More Goons: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are planning to spend $100 million over a one-year period to recruit gun-rights supporters and military enthusiasts through online influencers and a geo-targeted advertising campaign, part of what the agency called a “wartime recruitment” strategy it said was critical to […]
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