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Friend of DL, RE Vanella, begins the dismantling of Coons with:

"I’m getting a sneaking suspicion that Sen. Chris Coons thinks we’re all very dim. Last Sunday, he wrote another patronizing column explaining his opposition to recently proposed legislation that would “deny most American businesses access to Wilmington’s nationally known bankruptcy courts.”

Politico is reporting that Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker at the three-day event, being held in Cambridge, Md., starting Feb. 7. This should provide more fodder for those…

The biggest takeaway from the State of the Union address is that nobody believes a word Trump says, even the people who want to. Lots of people worried that sticking…

Here's the ugly little question at the heart of the Trump era: How much would you object to his behavior if he were pursuing a liberal agenda? Obviously that's not…

The State of the Union? Nobody cares, and nobody should, Jim Newell argues, because "it has lost its efficacy in the age of the one-minute news cycle." Speaking of tired…

What I'm not looking forward to is the fawning press coverage of the State of the Union speech.  I'm dreading the dumbed down "analysis" that goes on and on about…

· As Delaware is changing so is the need for a different kind of elected official. With a background that spans both corporate and nonprofit boardrooms, grassroots community organizing is…

WASHINGTON ― Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, a 12-term Republican from New Jersey and chairman of the most sought-after committee in Congress ― the Appropriations Committee ― announced Monday that he would not run for re-election. Frelinghuysen’s announcement was a bit of surprise, considering he could still serve as the top Republican on the powerful Appropriations Committee for another four years under House GOP rules. But faced with the prospect of a tough race ― Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in that district by only 1 point in 2016 ― as well as internal discussions about removing Frelinghuysen as chairman after he voted against the party’s tax bill, the 71-year-old GOP moderate decided to call it quits.

Keep quitting guys. You certainly don't want to be associated with Trump's next two years in office.

Bob Weiner is easily New Castle County's wackiest council member. Remember that time he tried to effect a citizen's arrest on a guy putting unauthorized advertising on a telephone pole?…

That's pretty much the stance of state Sen. Gary Simpson, who objected to a monument honoring women's WWII service at Leg Hall. His logic is impeccable: "Obviously men had struggles…