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Credit Where It’s Due – Kudos to Coons

By Alby October 26, 2026No Comments

Does it count as bipartisan when six Democrats and one lame-duck Republican do something right? If so, I have to give credit to Chris Coons for a bipartisan move that…

Song of the Day 10/26: Jerry Lee Lewis, “What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)”

By Alby October 26, 2026No Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Back when microbrew was a term that meant nothing, unless it was a tiny glass of beer, there were four primary national beers – Budweiser,…

DL Open Thread: Monday, October 26, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 26, 2026No Comments

A Rare Good Day For Democracy: Brazil: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won re-election on Sunday, according to official preliminary results, punctuating a string of conservative wins…

DL Exclusive: Here Are The Two Dueling House D Leadership Slates

By El Somnambulo October 26, 202614 Comments

Proving, once again, that politics make strange bedfellows, especially when you're trying to attract enough votes. In one corner: Mimi Minor-Brown for Speaker; Kerri Evelyn Harris For Majority Leader; and…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 25, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 25, 20263 Comments

When A Logjam Is A Good Thing: When we think of rivers, we imagine water flowing freely from source to sea. But for some of the world's great waterways, their…

Song of the Day 10/25: Elvis Presley, “Return to Sender”

By Alby October 25, 2026No Comments

The Trumpublicans intend to fuck with elections by every means necessary. Though the courts have quashed the administration's efforts to greatly restrict mail-in voting, ProPublica found that votes are still…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 24, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 24, 20261 Comment

'Like Selling Wolves From Yellowstone'. Something similar is happening in the Delaware Bay, something you should know about: Shortly after 12.45pm, what remains of a 300-metre line goes taut. Somewhere…

Song of the Day: Jack Norworth, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”

By Alby October 23, 20265 Comments

Editor's note: Baseball's so-called World Series begins tonight Guest post by Nathan Arizona Jack Norworth wrote baseball's most famous tune on a New York City subway in 1908, but 22…

DL Open Thread: Friday, October 23, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 23, 20265 Comments

Oops, They're Gonna Do It Again. Reassess, that is: New Castle County intends to reassess every property in northern Delaware a year earlier than previously planned after a recent audit…

Song of the Day 10/22: The Velvet Underground, “Pale Blue Eyes”

By Alby October 22, 2026No Comments

Hollywood is buzzing about a new movie that's captivating audiences, opening last weekend to $15 million in box office receipts and 2,000 sold-out shows in 800 theaters. That would be…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 22, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 22, 202614 Comments

Delaware Early Voting Starts Today! Here is everything you need to know. So...get out and vote! Rethugs (And At Least One D) Go After Branden Fletcher. Again: The Delaware Republican…

Goodbye, Jimmy, We Hardly Knew Ye

By Alby October 22, 20266 Comments

Guest post by Gary Mullinax The statue of President James A. Garfield has left Wilmington before most people even knew it was here. No longer does he stand on a…

Song of the Day 10/21: Chvrches, “The Mother We Share”

By Alby October 21, 2026No Comments

Vivek Ramaswamy, the squirrelly little billionaire running for governor of Ohio, is testing the theory that there's no such thing as bad publicity. Locked in a close race with Amy…