Tag: Delaware Blogosphere

Local Poet/Blogger Addresses the Islamic Community Center

Filed in Delaware, National by on August 26, 2010 0 Comments

My friend, Douglas Morea, is a local pet and blogger over at The Broken Turtle.  His latest post is on the relationship of Islam to the culture of America.  Check it out and give ’em some blog love.

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Christina Just Got More Transparent

Filed in Delaware by on July 7, 2010 5 Comments

Last night the Christina School District elected their new school board president, John Young.  John is a friend of DelawareLiberal and has been a tireless advocate for transparency in the Christina School District over at his aptly named, Transparent Christina. Congratulations, John.

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New Blog In Town

Filed in Delaware by on April 21, 2010 10 Comments

RSmitty, Dave Burris and Michael Stafford have teamed up and launched Delaware Tomorrow – a new perspective on policy and politics. Hmmm… the rebirth of moderate Republicans… or the last hurrah?  We shall see. (Psst… notice how I gave you top billing, Smitty.)

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Ron Williams States His Problem With Bloggers And Then Proceeds To Use Their Work

Filed in Delaware by on March 31, 2010 27 Comments

On today’s opinion page of the News Journal Ron Williams makes several points. 1.  He really doesn’t like bloggers, especially anonymous bloggers 2.  Bloggers that use to be journalists are sorta okay, but, in general, he doesn’t like bloggers. 3.  Having got that off his chest he then proceeds to write an article about a […]

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A Blog That Combines Literature And Politics

Filed in Delaware by on March 30, 2010 4 Comments

Correct grammar, rich language and content? What’s the blogging world coming to? Broken Turtle Literature and Politics from a microcosm called Delaware. Here all the multifaceted players across the great capitalist contradiction are reduced to a few actors: a handful of banking and chemical oligarchs squatting in châteaux, a stable of artists downwind who either […]

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Welcome to the Blogosphere, Gov. Markell

Filed in National by on February 22, 2010 25 Comments

Today, Governor Markell launched his new blog. His first post is titled Dedicated to You: Amazing and Awe-Inspiring and it details some of the heroics of state workers during the storm. Right on cue, a commenter identifying themselves as “Employee” made this comment:

It’s so nice to hear about how hard my fellow employees work. However, you forget to mention the money we have lost, and the benefits that some of us don’t have. I have been working for the state for over two years with no raise, a pay cut, and no benefits.

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Delaware Watch: Back Online

Filed in Delaware by on January 3, 2010 5 Comments

Dana Garrett has done what we have long hoped Jason330 would do, and what some wish Dave Burris wouldn’t do… He has returned to blogging. Welcome back, Dana.

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Nominations Being Accepted: End Of Year Polling

Filed in Delaware by on December 18, 2009 38 Comments

It is time, once again, to submit your nominations for our end of year polling.

  • Scandal of the Year
  • Post of the Year
  • Biggest Policy Screwup of the Year
  • Comment of the Year
  • Rookie of the Year
  • Blog of the Year
  • NEW! Biggest Loss of a Blog

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Heeee’s Baaaaaacckkkk!

Filed in Delaware by on November 6, 2009 4 Comments

Let’s welcome the newest addition to the Delaware blogging scene, Donviti, with his new blog The Wage Slave. There are already a number of Donvitisms and some posts. As always, we wish Donviti luck.

Welcome back.

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Dave Burris Is Back… And He’s Not Happy

Filed in National by on November 3, 2009 23 Comments

Dave Burris has returned to blogging.  Check out his new site here.  Like I said at his new place… you don’t know what you had ’til it’s gone.  And while I rarely agreed with Dave, he made me think.  Delaware Politics has become wingnut central – Be honest, Dave, how irritated are you that you […]

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This Sort Of Lazy Blogging Drives Me Crazy

Filed in National by on October 21, 2009 26 Comments

Tennessee Walker, over at Delaware Politics, has a post up that tells me the little chick-a-dee could use some time off the farm.  It starts as a rant about Eric Holder (Fine, I get that.  It’s a Conservative blog) then launches into a full-out screed against cities. Democrat run cities are cesspools of corrumption and […]

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Art Downs Hospitalized

Filed in Delaware by on October 15, 2009 9 Comments

According to DelawarePolitics and Dana Pico, Art Downs had a heart attack today. Art is a contributor at the ill-named, Common Sense Political Thought site and often comes around spewing right-wing talking points and bamboozlement, but love him or hate him, he is a member of this community. I wish him well.

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Looks Who’s Famous :-P

Filed in Delaware by on October 10, 2009 12 Comments

Today’s News Journal had an article on local reaction to the Nobel Peace Prize award: Timothy Pancoast, blogging on Delawarepolitics.net, which bills itself as “Delaware’s Center-Right Voice,” wrote: “Our great leader President Obama has won a Nobel Peace Prize. He has paid far less for that than most people pay to win at the Dover […]

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