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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Monday, June 30, 2025

By El Somnambulo June 30, 202531 Comments

No longer the longest mandated day--although it could be. The hour of adjournment on the final regularly-scheduled day of this year's legislative session will be determined by how quickly the…

DL Open Thread: Monday, June 30, 2025

By El Somnambulo June 30, 20251 Comment

I'd first like to comment on Karl Stomberg's piece, which you should read if you have not already done so. He captures my frustration more eloquently than I've so far…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2025

By El Somnambulo June 30, 202510 Comments

For our female music lovers, I recognize that the last two months might have made you feel like Exiles In Bro-Ville. Wasn't intentional. It be like that sometimes. Well, this…

Song of the Day 6/29: Darrell Scott, “American Tune”

By Alby June 29, 2025

Paul Simon hit the injured list yesterday, cancelling the last two of his three Philadelphia shows because of intense back pain. He hasn't been performing this song of disillusionment, written…

DL Open Thread/Sunday Magazine, June 29, 2025

By Alby June 29, 20252 Comments

Ever notice that some issues – vaccine skepticism, for example – don't follow our normal political left-right axis of orientation? Eric Oliver did, and after studying the issue he came…

DL Open Thread Saturday, June 28, 2025

By Alby June 28, 20251 Comment

If you're a progressive Democratic Party voter, you're constantly told to shut up and vote for whatever centrist wins the nomination. "Vote Blue No Matter Who" is what the party…

From the DL Archives: “Delaware named top ‘state to watch’ for pot legalization in 2017”

By Alby June 28, 20253 Comments

Whatever national organization made this forecast was unfamiliar with Delaware's cop-dominated Old Guard. Medical marijuana was up and running by 2015, so by the next year cannabis advocates might have…

Song of the Day 6/27: Rotary Connection, “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun”

By Alby June 27, 20251 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Chicago’s Chess Records made a name for itself in the 1950s and ‘60s as the home of great blues and soul artists. But Marshall Chess,…

DL Open Thread: Friday, June 27, 2025

By El Somnambulo June 27, 20252 Comments

DOGE Fights For More Guns. No, not for them, necessarily. But for Amerika: The U.S. DOGE Service has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 26, 2025

By El Somnambulo June 26, 202510 Comments

First, a shout-out. Jacob Owens of Spotlight Delaware has been doing a live legislative blog the last couple of days. There aren't two of him, so he can't cover everything. …

Song of the Day 6/26: The Cowsills, “Indian Lake”

By Alby June 26, 20252 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona The Cowsills knew you could beat the summer heat down at "Indian Lake,” where “you can swim in the cove, have a snack in the…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 26, 2025

By El Somnambulo June 26, 202519 Comments

Bernie Nails It. So obvious, yet corporadems are so addicted to corporate cash: Look, he ran a brilliant campaign. And it wasn’t just him. What he understood and understands —…

Song of the Day 6/25: Bobby Sherman, “Easy Come Easy Go”

By Alby June 25, 2025

It seems like most child stars have a hard time adjusting to adult life – Justin Bieber is the latest example – but maybe that's because we don't hear much…