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Delaware still struggling to leave the recession behind

By Rob Tornoe September 20, 20132 Comments

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.

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

By Rob Tornoe September 12, 201325 Comments

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.

Planned Parenthood owes more to Delaware’s women

By Rob Tornoe August 5, 20135 Comments

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.

Gambling on Delaware’s casinos

By Rob Tornoe July 15, 2013

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?

All my marriage equality cartoons

By Rob Tornoe July 2, 2013

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.

Common-sense gun control laws? Not for Delaware

By Rob Tornoe June 28, 20136 Comments

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.

Paula Deen, voting rights and the ‘New South’

By Rob Tornoe June 26, 20134 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.

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

By Rob Tornoe June 20, 2013

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.

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

By Rob Tornoe June 19, 20134 Comments

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.

Costly special election shows Chris Christie is no fiscal conservative

By Rob Tornoe June 6, 20133 Comments

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…

Can someone explain to me the allure of NASCAR?

By Rob Tornoe May 31, 201314 Comments

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…

Boston Marathon Bombing

By Rob Tornoe April 16, 20136 Comments

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?

Fiskered Out

By Rob Tornoe March 22, 20137 Comments

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.