DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
So, John, Where Are The Homeless Gonna Go? He has no soul: People living in a city-sanctioned homeless tent village at a local Wilmington park woke up on Monday morning…
Song of the Day 5/11: Electric Light Orchestra, “Telephone Line”
I don't know how widespread this trend is, but for months now I've been seeing articles about a so-called flip-phone (or sometimes dumb phone) revolution – people giving up their…
DL Open Thread: Monday, May 11, 2026
It's Not A 'Race To The Bottom' On Redistricting: What we have seen over recent months is that Democrats have largely abandoned the mode of the last decade plus in…
Song of the Day 5/10: Earth, Wind & Fire, “Mom”
The paean to his mother that Maurice White wrote tugs a little harder on the heartstrings when you realize that she didn't raise him. He was a boy when his…
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 10, 2026
The Right-Wing Magazine's "Sex Issue": Every few years or so, the Christian right takes another pass at the impossible task of making fundamentalism look sexy or cool. These efforts tend…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 9, 2026
Trump 'Bored' With Iran War? Yep, just like FDR was 'bored' with WW II: Patience is not Trump’s strength. One outside adviser, who speaks with him regularly, told me the…
Song of the Day 5/8: The Waterboys, “Don’t Even Have to Say His Name”
One welcome feature of European media: They don't bother with what Trump tweets, they report on what he does, so they don't dwell on the daily chaos that dominates American…
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 8, 2026
That Fucking Refinery. In order to 'fix a problem', they apparently have no choice but to emit toxic sulfur dioxide for several weeks. I'm with Speaker Minor-Brown on this one:…
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending May 7, 2026
Conventional wisdom holds that the later one's campaign starts, the less likely it is to be a winning campaign. I mean, it only makes sense, right? A finite number of…
Song of the Day 5/7: Uncle Tupelo, “Whiskey Bottle”
As El Somnambulo noted in the Open Thread news roundup, if Kash Patel doesn't want people to think he's a boozehound, maybe he should quit handing out personalized bottles of…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 7, 2026
Very happy to see that HS2/HB 151 (Gorman) unanimously passed the Senate yesterday, and now heads to the Governor. No private prisons for Delaware! If you look at the bills…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 7, 2026
Dover's House Of Hope Facing Possible Closure: A Delaware emergency shelter that has served nearly 100 women in the past year — many fleeing violence, battling untreated mental health conditions…
Song of the Day 5/6: Robert Hazard, “Escalator of Life”
Like most malls across the United States, North Wilmington's Concord Mall has been struggling for years. Now a Philadelphia-area developer that specializes in repurposing moribund malls wants to buy it…