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Nemours/ A.I. duPont Hospital for Children is being rebranded as Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware. Is the du Pont name losing its cachet?

Delaware News Journal The philanthropy and profound influence of the wealthy du Pont family in Delaware has been in evidence for more than 200 years. The red, oval DuPont Co. logo, once atop the Brandywine Building and a major part of the skyline in downtown Wilmington, was both a beacon and reminder to residents and visitors about the most prominent company and family in the state.  Members of the du Pont family became leaders in Delaware's economy, society and public life. Schools, buildings, roadways, a major hotel and a country club are some of the other landmarks in the state...

The 1856 poem "Maud Muller" by John Greenleaf Whittier tells the story of a beautiful woman named Maud who meets the town judge one day. Each is smitten

(Public domain via Wikimedia) No, he wasn’t called that. But I thought of him that way. I’ll get to Pete du Pont in a moment. My Impromptus today leads with Caitlyn Jenner and California. A reality-TV star, and tabloid celebrity, can make a big splash in American politics. (“Manifestly,” I can hear WFB saying.) But is it good for us? I also write on Anthony Gonzalez, Liz Cheney, Alexei Navalny, Hugo Wolf, and more. Advertisement Pete du Pont was one of my favorite people in all of politics. (He died on Saturday, at 86.) I was a big fan when he ran for the Republican presidential nomi...

They’ll talk about change, about politics, about reform, about corruption, but they will never talk about war unless they mean something happening far away.  Because to admit the existence of the war waged against us is to admit that we are combatants, and if we see that we are not fighting back, then we would have to admit that we have surrendered.  That we have already been defeated.—The Arctic Circle Collective  Hassan al Sabbah, a brilliant Iranian polymath and tactician, founded the Nizari Ismai’li state, a state that flourished from 1090 to 1256 AD in Iran and Syria. This small...