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The Rise and Demise of the McDonald’s LPGA Tournament

By El Somnambulo June 11, 200916 Comments

The McDonald's LPGA Tournament, one of the crown jewels of the women's golf tour, will cease to exist following this week's finale at Bulle Rock C. C. in Maryland. It…

Legislative Wrapup and Preview-June 11, 2009

By El Somnambulo June 11, 20095 Comments

Yesterday's Activity. As you can see, most of the action was in the committee meetings, both House and Senate. Lots of interesting bills were reported out, including the Presidential Popular…

Delaware Legislative Roundup & Preview-June 10, 2009

By El Somnambulo June 10, 200934 Comments

Here's what happened in Dover yesterday. Highlights: In addition to the House passing HB 117, which would move school board elections from May to Election Day, the Senate passed SB…

Today’s Legislative Agendas-Tuesday, June 9

By El Somnambulo June 9, 20093 Comments

Delaware State Senate Agenda. Delaware State House of Representatives Agenda. You can click on each of the above links, and you can then click on the individual bill numbers to…

BIG NEWS! Bill Ending Discrimination Against Gays Likely to Pass Soon

By El Somnambulo June 8, 200930 Comments

This is not a dream, this is real. Although many have dreamed of this day for a long time. It now appears a virtual certainty that legislation banning discrimination based…

Del-Tech Has the Joint Finance Committee Wired. Here’s How…

By El Somnambulo June 8, 200918 Comments

"DTCC Grunt", over at the Delawareonline board, posted the following from Delaware Technical & Community College President Orlando J. George, Jr.: I am pleased to share with you that on…

Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-June 7, 2009

By El Somnambulo June 7, 20093 Comments

Lead Story-The (UK) Independent: How the Freedom of Information Act and Investigative Journalism Brought Down the British Government And, yes, this is precisely how El Somnambulo hopes that Delaware journalists…

‘Bulo’s Saturday Music for the Masses-Mysterious Thelonious Edition

By El Somnambulo June 6, 20093 Comments

Thelonious. Sphere. Monk. Perhaps the greatest name of all-time and inarguably the perfect name for the idiosyncratic genius who transformed jazz. Also one of El Somnambulo's all-time favorite composer/musicians in…

Supermarket Owner Co-Sponsors Beer/Wine Sales in Supermarkets Bill

By El Somnambulo June 5, 200978 Comments

Only in Delaware. Imagine the Beast Who Slumber's surprise when he went looking for more information on HB 193, the bill that would enable supermarkets to sell beer and wine,…

Supermarket Beer/Wine Sales: A Solution in Search of a Problem

By El Somnambulo June 5, 200940 Comments

For some reason (El Somnambulo suspects just the Usual Poor Editorial Judgement), the News-Journal decided to make today's lead story the introduction of legislation to permit beer and wine sales…

R. I. P. Koko Taylor-Queen of the Blues

By El Somnambulo June 3, 20092 Comments

The unchallenged Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor, has passed away at the age of 80. A blues shouter, and one of the preeminent Chicago blues greats, Taylor headlined the…

Cris Barrish’s Story on Lonnie George is Must-Reading

By El Somnambulo June 3, 200917 Comments

Anyone who truly wants to understand the Delaware Way simply must read Cris Barrish's superb piece on Orlando J. George, Jr. from Sunday's News-Journal. Lonnie George is an exceedingly brilliant and…

Cheney: Saddam/Al Qaeda Link? Uh, Never Mind

By El Somnambulo June 2, 20092 Comments

All the carnage. All the lives destroyed. All the billions shoveled down the rat-hole. All of this based on a lie. A lie that Dick Cheney now admits: June 1…