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Song of the Day 4/27: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, “Blinded By the Light”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Is “Blinded by the Light” a Bruce Springsteen song or a Manfred Mann song? Bruce wrote it in 1973 but people didn’t buy it. The song was an afterthought. He put it on his debut album only after the record company insisted. The British group Manfred Mann’s Earth Band recorded […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 27, 2026
Carney’s Open Mic Fiasco: A backlash emerged against Wilmington Mayor John Carney last week after his administration directed artists performing at a city-sanctioned open mic to not talk about homelessness or LGBTQ issues. Hours before the Thursday event, which the city sponsored at The Queen music hall, the mayor’s special assistant sent an email to […]
Delaware Way Insiders Try To Foist Ed Mulvihill On RD 6 Democrats
By insiders, I mean at least two of Delaware’s top corporate lobbyists, and blood relatives of Tiny Tony DeLuca. As you know, Deb Heffernan announced her retirement last week. She will not run for reelection. A great candidate, Rachel ‘Rae’ Krantz, has been running for that seat for several months now. She would be an […]
Song of the Day 4/26: Nirvana, “Lithium”
H/t El Somnambulo’s Sunday magazine item about lithium mining. Rechargeable batteries weren’t on Kurt Cobain’s mind when he wrote this “Nevermind” track in 1990 – back then lithium was best known as a treatment for bipolar disorder. Cobain explained that the song’s protagonist has lost his wife and turned to Marx’s opiate, religion, to stave […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: April 26, 2026
Do You Have A ‘Floordrobe’? This guy says it’s a sign of ADHD: Do you ever delay putting away clean laundry or unworn outfits from a vacation and instead keep those clothes in a pile on the floor or draped over a chair for many days on end? What about items you’ve only worn once […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 25, 2026
Delaware Challenges ICE Access To Employer Records. Good: Gov. Matt Meyer’s opposition to giving ICE investigators wage records for 15 Delaware businesses hasn’t changed, even after a federal judge ordered the state to provide the information last week. Lawyers for the Delaware Department of Labor have filed a court motion to put the order on […]
Song of the Day 4/24: Spoon, “My Mathematical Mind”
Donald Trump, who likes to brag about going to Penn’s Wharton School, is obviously bad at math – how else could he go bankrupt running casinos? He has repeatedly demonstrated his innumeracy by proclaiming that drug prices have dropped by impossible percentages well in excess of 100%. The media have mostly given him a pass […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 24, 2026
John Carney–‘Laugh At Indivisible Delaware, But Don’t Laugh At Me’. I can’t make this stuff up. From what passes for his Administration: Wilmington, Del. — The City of Wilmington is inviting residents and performers to take the stage and showcase their talents during two upcoming Open Mic Nights at The Queen. Events aim to highlight the […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending April 23, 2026
1. Deb Heffernan Announces Retirement. This is big. Big big. I had learned while campaigning for Becca Cotto back in 2022 that Heffernan had a lot of residual goodwill in that district. Cotto ran a great race, far exceeded her projected ‘win’ number (the number of votes the ‘calculus’ suggested she needed to reach to win), […]
BREAKING: Rep. Deb Heffernan Announces Retirement!
You know what to do. Here’s where you do it: https://www.raefordelaware.com/ You just know that the Finnigans and the Byrds will be looking for an easily-malleable insider to try to fill that seat. Time to really rally around Rae!
Song of the Day 4/23: Dave Mason, “Only You Know and I Know”
Dave Mason, the British guitarist who cofounded the psychedelic band Traffic before embarking on a solo career, died Sunday at 79. Mason wrote some classic rock staples that were bigger hits for other singers. “Feelin’ Alright?” didn’t chart for Traffic, but it was a hit for Joe Cocker. “Only You Know and I Know” missed […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 23, 2026
It’s more challenging writing an interesting legislative piece on Thursdays. Little, other than committee hearings, happens on Wednesdays. And there are no committee meetings on Thursdays. Basically, the agendas are pretty much the only items worth discussing today. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Thankfully, there are some substantive (if not universally desirable) bills for […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 23, 2026
Carney To Kill Roberto Clemente League? All because of $30,000? That’s–Carneyesque: “We don’t even know if our league can survive, just paying the fees to pay for the policing.” That’s the warning from Roberto Clemente Baseball League Vice President Iz Balleto to Wilmington leadership, saying that the estimated $30,000 in police costs due to rules […]
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