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Chris Coons is roughly my age. He was born in '63. He shouldn't be in lockstep with the oldsheads, but he is.  Senator Elect, Blunt Rochester was born in '62.…

Being a proud lefty I sometimes get distracted by what we haven't yet accomplished (like socialized medicine, gun safety, housing security, worker's rights, living wages, etc), and so I forget…

Happy Memorial Day.  We overcame our isolation and nativism to fight two good wars in Europe. We got some good movies and songs out of the last one and were…

This week's Highland's Bunker is a tough, unflinching view of the Delaware's penal system from the inside.   Tortious and dehumanizing by design, it is a system we all endorse every election…

I know I don't have a say, but C'mon.  The prospect of Hall-Long being anointed to fill Carney's third and fourth lackluster terms is heartbreaking.

Proving once again that satire is dead: Ron DeSantis’s long-awaited official entry into the 2024 presidential campaign went haywire for almost a half-hour on Wednesday during a glitch-filled livestream over…

It is more than a little anti-climatic now.   With multiple sources confirming that Sarah McBride is running for Delaware's seat in the House is Representatives, she is the prohibitive favorite…

I wonder how this is going to play out.  Will insurance companies increase premiums and claims payments to keep pace with climate change, or will they increase premiums while denying…

Phew... busy day for news nerds yesterday. Does anyone know if Buckson used the cover of Carper's press conference to secede?   No?  Jesus, what's the hold up?   DelawareLive is a…

The drama came and went quickly like a summer thunderstorm.  From Carper's announcement that he had an announcement to make, to quitting, to two candidates basically sewing up their nominations less than 24 hours later.   Per BlueDelaware:

The conventional wisdom has cemented the notion that Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester will run for the Senate to succeed retiring Senator Tom Carper, thus clearly the field of any significant primary challengers, and it also seems very likely that State Senator Sarah McBride will run for Congress to succeed LBR. McBride has a strong enough statewide brand herself in the Democratic Party that she likely can clear the field of any competitive challengers herself.

The Greatest...I mean Greediest Generation Perennially offered the short end of the stick, the pandemic turned out to be a double-edged sword for millennials. While some moved home, many were able…

A majority (61%) of DL poll-ees are wrong about hot dogs.  They are sandwiches.  Onward. I'm leaving this week's open for nominations until Wednesday or so, then the rest of…

So many electoral rube goldberg contraptions will be set into motion tomorrow.