Yes, Jeb Bush is running for GOP nomination. No, he is not for the Presidency

2 Comments
It is pretty clear to me J'bush, onetime "sane" Republican, is not running to be the President. On Monday he flipped and stated that he does not support a "pathway to citizenship" for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., a position other Republicans have taken, at this point, as a given. So what's the deal? J'bush knows that giving a path to legal permanent residency [AND THE VOTE] to 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country is a non-starter with the base, so he has cooked up this new thing.

Richard Forsten’s Response

40 Comments
I have decided to take down my previous post "Delaware is a small state" about a conversation overheard in a local restaurant about alleged plans to hack DL. Our tipster took a picture of the alleged plotter, and since I had no idea who it was, I posted it here in order to identify the man and dissuade the alleged hackers from attacking the site. The gentleman was identified at Richard Forsten by our readers and by other sources. Mr. Forsten then commented on the post, offering a response and, to my mind, a reasonable explanation to the overheard conversation. I am posting that response below and offering our apology.

Tuesday Open Thread–The Progressive Calendar [3.5.13]

64 Comments
We have a lot of local progressive events coming up, and I wanted to use this open thread to highlight them. From the PDD meeting tomorrow on gun control (weather permitting) to a forum on Drones on Thursday, to a Delaware Death Penalty Repeal rally next Tuesday in Dover, to a Town Hall on Delaware's Budget in Newark in two weeks and a panel debate on Governor Markell's gun control legislation on March 19, the calendar is packed with interesting events.

Blandly Watching Someone Die

56 Comments
I heard about this story yesterday, but didn't listen to the 911 call until this morning.
March is only four days old, but this month’s “man’s inhumanity to man” award goes to Glenwood Gardens and the folks who work there. The senior living facility in Bakersfield, Calif., has a policy of calling 911 in emergencies and waiting with the afflicted until medical assistance arrives. But the lack of urgency — the seeming indifference of the personnel to the 87-year-old woman who collapsed in the dining room Feb. 26 — is stunning.

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [3.5.13]

The Wilmington Institute Library, on 10th Street across from Rodney Square in Wilmington. The library was built in 1923 with funds from Pierre S. DuPont. The library was meant to be one of the cornerstones of Rodney Square, along with the DuPont Building, City Hall and Courthouse, and Post Office.