Song of the Day 4/30: Steely Dan, “Any Major Dude Will Tell You”
As the breezy B-side to "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," the most successful single of Steely Dan's career, "Any Major Dude" got some airplay and has long been a fan…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 30, 2026
Dog Bites Man: Yet Another Leak At Croda Plant. Federal and state regulators are investigating a leak of a cancer-causing chemical that occurred earlier this month at an industrial site…
Song of the Day 4/29: The Beatles, “I’ll Follow the Sun”
I knew the nation's NIMBYs will use any argument to fight the scourge of wind farms. The most prominent excuses are that they kill birds (true, but in far fewer…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 29, 2026
FILL IN THE BLANK: @StevenCheung47 / Via x.com "TRUMP S-ITS FOR HIS 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW." General Assembly To Consider New School Funding Formula: Delaware is taking a major step forward…
Song of the Day 4/28: The Beau Brummels, “Laugh, Laugh”
Trump and his immigrant wife are insisting that ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel for joking that Melania had the "glow of an expectant widow." They insist this was an incitement to…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Containing Delaware Hospital Costs--A Process That Doesn't Matter: A group of state revenue analysts will vote on Wednesday to determine the level at which they predict health care costs will…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…