Deep Gubernatorial Thought

Last night at a townhall meeting, Governor Markell offered the following thought when defending some of his more unpopular stands (slavery apology, NRA-written gun law): You don't elect someone for…

Chip Flowers’ Bold Plan

I have talked to Chip Flowers several times in the past at various political events.  He and I have made small talk, or discussed small-time political analysis.  After just a…

Mike Gave Us Quarters

You will remember when I first came to Delaware Liberal, my new compatriots were kind enough to allow me to bring over a logo I used on my old blog "Daily Delaware," the one with the Caesar Rodney quarter. I did not learn until many months later that our illustrious founder Jason330 was kind of reluctant to do that, since Mike Castle was the author of the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act of 1997 that created the 50 State Quarter Program, and since Jason330 was Mike Castle's mortal enemy. I was put in mind of that after reading the latest Kavips.

Delawareans Hate Their Jobs

That is according to a recently released survey called the State of Well-Being (pdf) that has surveyed Americans and presented state-by-state reports on how people in that state view their lives. This is part of a long-term eefort being produced by Gallup to provide some measure of American's health and well-being. And according to this study, Delaware ranks dead last among states for Work Environment, going down from last year's ranking of 38th among the states. Here's a summary of the data:

Castling

[Ed. note - cassandra_m contributed considerably to this post.] 2009 presented quite a dilemma for Mike Castle. The Republican party required obedience from all its members for their policy of…

Snow Days

I drove my daughter to school this morning and the entire time I was thinking... why are schools open?  For while the main roads are clear the side roads are…