Rob Tornoe

Rob Tornoe is a local cartoonist and columnist, and can be seen in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Press of Atlantic City, The News Journal, and the Dover Post chain of newspapers. He's also a contributor to Media Matters and WHYY. Web site: RobTornoe.com Twitter: @RobTornoe

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Delaware still struggling to leave the recession behind

Filed in Delaware by on September 20, 2013 2 Comments

Delaware housing Moodys recession

According to a report by the Data firm CoreLogic, Delaware was the only state in the month of July where home prices declined, compared to the previous year. The ONLY state.

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How Rockwood Mansion will cost you money, thanks to Tom Gordon

Filed in Delaware by on September 12, 2013 25 Comments

Tom Gordon Rockwood Mansion NCCo

We don’t normally get generous offers to fix country property like we have with Rockwood Mansion, so for Tom Gordon and his goons to fight it because of some perceived threat to organized labor is beyond ridiculous.

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Planned Parenthood owes more to Delaware’s women

Filed in Delaware by on August 5, 2013 5 Comments

Planned Parenthood abortion Delaware

I am proudly pro-choice, and I agree with former President Bill Clinton, who said abortions should be safe, legal and rare. That’s why what’s been happening at Planned Parenthood of Delaware over the last couple of months is so unsettling.

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Gambling on Delaware’s casinos

Filed in Delaware by on July 15, 2013 0 Comments

Delaware casinos Jack Markell bailout

Markell is in a tough spot when it comes to the casinos. But does it justify a million-dollar bailout that amounts to a small band-aid on a gushing wound?

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All my marriage equality cartoons

Filed in Delaware by on July 2, 2013 0 Comments

gay marriage marriage equality delaware

Well, the sun rose today outside my tiny house in Bear, so I guess that means gay marriage wasn’t as big a deal as all the haters made it out to be. It’s been a long road to get to this moment, and a trail of my gay marriage cartoons tells the tale.

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Common-sense gun control laws? Not for Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on June 28, 2013 6 Comments

Gun control Delaware mentally ill

Only in America, where 32 individuals are killed every day by guns, can we have leaders unable to muster even the loosest new legislation to combat the growing trends of gun violence.

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Paula Deen, voting rights and the ‘New South’

Filed in National by on June 26, 2013 4 Comments

Paula Deen John Roberts Supreme Court Voting Rights Act

People have changed. That seems to be the imputes behind a divided Supreme Court’s decision to gut the Voting Rights Act. Some needs to introduce them to Paula Deen.

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Goombahs and goodbyes – R.I.P. James Gandolfini

Filed in National by on June 20, 2013 0 Comments

James Gandolfini Tony Soprano RIP

I was shocked to hear the news that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as North Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack while on holiday in Rome.

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Everyone in Delaware loves roads, until they have to pay for them

Filed in Delaware by on June 19, 2013 4 Comments

Jack Markell gas tax roads

Here’s a fun game. Find someone wearing one of those yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” t-shirts and start complaining about the quality of Delaware’s roads. I’m sure you’ll hear a mouthful about potholes, uneven payment and complaints about traffic.

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Costly special election shows Chris Christie is no fiscal conservative

Filed in National by on June 6, 2013 3 Comments
Costly special election shows Chris Christie is no fiscal conservative

And the Academy Award for best actor in a leading performance goes to… Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey. Still think Christie is that refreshing, say-what’s-on-his-mind politician? Just re-watch Christie’s press conference announcing a special election to fill the seat of the late Senator Frank Lautenberg to see a modern day Wizard of Oz, revealed […]

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Can someone explain to me the allure of NASCAR?

Filed in Delaware, Sports by on May 31, 2013 14 Comments
Can someone explain to me the allure of NASCAR?

If you’re planning on heading south this weekend through Delaware, you might want to adjust your plans. You see, NASCAR is in Dover through Sunday, which means your scenic drive to the beach might be interrupted by gas-guzzling RVs making their way to the races. NASCAR remains a huge economic engine for Kent County. An […]

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Boston Marathon Bombing

Filed in Delaware, National by on April 16, 2013 6 Comments

Boston Marathon bombing

Does it really take a horrific bombing that claimed the lives of three people, including an eight-year-old boy, for our politicians to set aside petty difference and work together?

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Fiskered Out

Filed in Delaware by on March 22, 2013 7 Comments
Fiskered Out

Will Fisker ever build a single car in Delaware? If I were a betting man, I’d put my money into the Powerball before I plunked down speculative dollars on the Fisker Atlantic.

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