Talking about Equality in the First State

There is a great trilogy of stories in today's Wilmington News Journal which take a look at the tales being told about the search for equality in Delaware.

One tells of the efforts of Littleton Mitchell, who had been a long time leader of the push for civil rights in Delaware, including efforts to improve the lives of migrant workers.

Vivian Tribbett Hendricks was the first black girl to attend Harrington High School. It's enlightening to hear her words about what the experience was like.

The third article is about efforts to collect oral histories of black Delawareans. An even larger effort to preserve history is that made by the National Visionary Leadership Project.

Delaware Events

I was visiting Matt Haughey's A Whole Lot of Nothing when I noticed that he had a listing of area concerts on his page. I thought that it might be a good idea to do some type of listing of local events such as concerts, lectures, plays, and other things that I sometimes miss because I forget about them.

I also considered that it might be nice to put the list up on the Delaware Law Office page to keep our readers informed of some to the regional events that they could see if they were so inclined. I noticed that Matt was using a service through Upcoming.org to list the events. It appears that anyone can use that site in a similar manner. I'm also using feedroll display the RSS feed that appears on this page. If you're interested in showing events on your site, definitely take a look. If you have any questions, please let me know, and I'll try to help out.

Call centers behind bars

Wired News takes a look at a work force behind prison bars. Ten states are permitting companies to set up call centers in prisons. I find myself divided by this approach. I appreciate that prisoners are getting the chance to get some job training. But, I find myself agreeing with the critics who point at minimum wage laws and unemployment outside of prison.

ICANN or I Can't

Verisign has brought a suit against ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), one of the chief regulators of the internet.

The outcome of the suit may help define the role of ICANN as a regulator of the web, and the ability of large corporations such as Verisign to manipulate their grasp of the web as they wish.

How to get rid of problem punctuation

No disrespect to the subjects of the next two posts, but a judge has come up with an approach to combat bad writing and worse punctuation: lessen the dollar amount in the fees paid to the writing challenged attorney.

How to get rid of problem deer

The State is considering an extended hunting season to try to reduce Delaware's deer population. The good news is that the University of Delaware has been pressed into service to come up with a long range plan to manage the deer population.

How to get rid of problem geese

There's a population problem in southern Delaware when it comes to Canada Geese, and one solution would see that population drastically reduced by killing some of the geese. It's good to discover that Rehoboth Officials will hear comments on geese removal