April 2026 – Page 5 – Delaware Liberal

Song of the Day 4/9: Fred Astaire, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”

By Alby April 9, 20262 Comments

It's an age-old story: Person gets elected, uses the office to get a cushy job in the NGO sector, then uses their government position to steer money to their non-government…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 9, 2026

By El Somnambulo April 9, 20262 Comments

An Almost 'All-Clear' For Edgemoor Port: After more than a year in limbo, Delaware officials announced Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has re-issued permits for their long-delayed…

Nicole Poore. Val Longhurst. Krista Griffith?

By El Somnambulo April 8, 202612 Comments

Sure looks that way. We know how both Nicole 'No Longer' Poore and Our PAL Val parlayed elective office into jobs for which they were singularly unqualified, and how they…

How Nicole ‘No Longer’ Poore Became Poor No Longer

By El Somnambulo April 8, 20266 Comments

I've been writing about the blatant conflicts-of-interest of Nicole Poore and 'Our PAL' Val Longhurst for, like, forever. Here, for example (2017). And here. And here. And here. And here.…

Song of the Day 4/8: Tyrone Davis, “Can I Change My Mind”

By Alby April 8, 2026

Trump earned his taunting "taco" sobriquet because he almost always makes bellicose threats and then backs down instead of following through on them. But I think everyone's glad he rescinded…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 8, 2026

By El Somnambulo April 8, 2026

Gov. Meyer Upgrades DEFAC With This Appointment: Governor Matt Meyer announced the appointment of Brenda Wise to the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council, adding a new voice to the…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 7, 2026

By El Somnambulo April 7, 202611 Comments

Carney Uses Fiscal Notes To Kill Legislation. I'm With Shané Darby On This: New corner convenience stores may soon be prohibited from opening in Delaware’s largest city. Last week, the…

Song of the Day 4/7: Napoleon XIV, “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa!”

By Alby April 7, 2026

After Donald the Trump posted his Easter screed, threatening Iran like Iran has never been threatened before – big, beautiful threatening, the greatest threatening they've ever seen, many people are…

Song of the Day 4/6: Queen, “Hammer to Fall”

By Alby April 6, 2026

Another day, another deadline. Mad Donald, ever projecting, says Iran had better "open the fuckin' strait, you crazy bastards" or tomorrow he'll commit more war crimes by bombing civilian targets.…

DL Open Thread: Monday, April 6, 2026

By El Somnambulo April 6, 20262 Comments

Delaware Rethugs--Coal Power To The Rescue?: The Indian River Power Plant shut down the last coal-fired energy generators in Delaware a year ago, but the hulking industrial site near Millsboro…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: April 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo April 5, 2026

The 'Braiding' Of Western Scientific Knowledge With Indigenous Culture. My kind of synergyL “I’m a glorified clam counter.” So said Marco Hatch, a marine ecologist at Western Washington University and…

Song of the Day 4/5: Murray Head, “Superstar”

By Alby April 5, 2026

Before the movie, before the stage show, before even the concept album, "Jesus Christ Superstar" began with this single. Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice couldn't get financial backing to…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 4, 2026

By El Somnambulo April 4, 20261 Comment

NCC Marcus Henry On NCC's Budget Deficit. Read and/or listen: Henry says the county’s $42 million deficit stems from issues like using one-time federal relief funds to cover recurring operating…