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Song of the Day 2/18: Billie Jo Spears, “Blanket on the Ground”

By Alby February 18, 20262 Comments

The tale of "Kristi Needs Her Blankie" is even sadder and sillier than first reported. You may recall from, oh, last week sometime that DHS chief Kristi Noem tried to…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 18, 20263 Comments

Why Not Colbert For President?: Stephen Colbert addressed the fervor around Monday’s “Late Show” on Tuesday, remarking that he’d said his piece after CBS wouldn’t air his interview with James…

Song of the Day 2/17: Robert Duvall, “I’ve Decided to Leave Here Forever”

By Alby February 17, 20263 Comments

The obituaries for Robert Duvall, the greatest character actor of his generation, all lauded his amazing versatility. Some of them mentioned that for his lone Oscar-winning role, as washed-up country…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 17, 20263 Comments

RIP: Jesse Jackson: “I may be poor ...” began the call-and-response Rev. Jesse Jackson led in various forms before rapt audiences for more than half a century. “But I am…

Song of the Day 2/16: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Naked and Famous”

By Alby February 16, 2026

Though today is widely known as Presidents Day, the federal holiday is still officially called Washington's Birthday. Many states have switched the name to Presidents Day, but nine states, including…

DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 16, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 16, 20264 Comments

Everyone But Trump Takes Fall Over Epstein Ties. Casey Wasserman: Prominent US agent Casey Wasserman is selling his talent company after documents linking him to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell…

Song of the Day 2/15: Kate Bush, “Wuthering Heights”

By Alby February 15, 20262 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Many adaptations of “Wuthering Heights” have come along since Emily Bronte wrote it in 1847, but there’s been little agreement about which has best captured…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: February 15, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 15, 20263 Comments

The 'Looksmaxxing Mainstream'. Is this what Michael Jackson was going for?: Clavicular is 6-foot-2, weighs 180 pounds and has a 31-inch waist. His biacromial width — basically the span of…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 14, 20266 Comments

This Is Not Fascism. Right?: The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for…

Song of the Day 2/13: Martin Denny, “Quiet Village”

By Alby February 13, 2026

Guest post by Nathan Arizona In a deep freeze like the one we’ve been locked into, one’s thoughts naturally turn to palm trees, tiki torches and exotic bird calls to…

DL Open Thread: Friday, February 13, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 13, 2026

The Conspiracy Theorists Were Right: Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But…

Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending Feb. 12, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 13, 202636 Comments

“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We…

BREAKING: Trump ‘Erases Government Power To Fight Climate Change’

By El Somnambulo February 12, 20261 Comment

From the New York Times: President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal government’s legal…