Song of the Day 5/26: Stevie Wonder, “Too High”
There's a reason "the dog ate my homework" was a plausible excuse, and had a better chance of working with teachers who owned dogs: Dogs will eat anything. Too picky…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 26, 2024
Hillary Blames Everybody Else--Again. Only in the NYTimes would this be clickbait. Yo, Hillary, your arrogance and tone-deafness is largely why we got Trump in the first place: And in…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 25, 2024
"Why Our Polls Suck." That should have been the title of the enclosed article. But since it was published in the NYTimes, and since the article critiqued their poll's methodology,…
Delaware Political Weekly: May 17-23, 2024
1. The Rev Interviews Collin O'Mara. Since he is/was a skeptic, this extensive and aggressive interview with O'Mara comes highly recommended. Listen to the interview, form your own opinion. I…
Song of the Day 5/24: Amy Winehouse, “Love Is a Losing Game”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona We’ve heard a whole lot about Amy Winehouse’s troubled behavior before she died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at age 27. It sounds like we…
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 24, 2024
Colleges To Pay Athletes. As if they weren't already: The NCAA and its five power conferences have approved a deal that paves the way for schools to pay athletes directly,…
Song of the Day 5/23: Paul Simon, “Graceland”
For supermarket tabloids, Elvis is the gift that keeps on giving, even though he's been dead for nearly 50 years. A headline the Weekly World News might have invented declared…
Bribes, Payoffs, Or Both? What Do These Lobbyists Expect For Their $$’s?
From my inbox: Please Join Us After Session On May 23rd Contributions may be made for one candidate or for any combination. Checks for Senator Trey Paradee should be…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 23, 2024
Paul Baumbach's bills protecting state retirees' health care benefits passed the Senate. Each bill had a friendly amendment added onto them. They're at the top of today's House Agenda, and…
DL Open Thread: Thurs., May 23, 2024
Oh, Nos! Not Another Plague Hitting Florida!!??: For all the obvious challenges facing South Florida as sea levels surge, one serious threat to public health and the environment remains largely…
Song of the Day 5/22: Pixies, “Monkey Gone to Heaven”
Theme music for the heat dome over Mexico that's causing monkeys to fall dead from the trees. Black Francis wrote "Monkey Gone to Heaven" about the environment 35 years ago,…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 22, 2024
As expected, the Hospital Cost Review Board bill as amended passed the House and heads to the Governor. No R's voted yes, D Reps. Lynn and Matthews voted no. One…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Rehoboth Beach, the resort town of 1,100 year-round residents that gifted Delaware politics with Pete Schwartzkopf and Kathy McGuiness, is embroiled in a controversy that for once involves neither of…