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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
So, John, Where Are The Homeless Gonna Go? He has no soul: People living in a city-sanctioned homeless tent village at a local Wilmington park woke up on Monday morning to eviction notices from Mayor John Carney’s office. Residents said several police officers and representatives of the Friendship House, the site manager, moved through the […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, May 11, 2026
It’s Not A ‘Race To The Bottom’ On Redistricting: What we have seen over recent months is that Democrats have largely abandoned the mode of the last decade plus in which with one hand they fought the partisan battles of the day and with the other assume the mantle of defending the political norms Republicans […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 10, 2026
The Right-Wing Magazine’s “Sex Issue”: Every few years or so, the Christian right takes another pass at the impossible task of making fundamentalism look sexy or cool. These efforts tend to end in failure: Dorky youth ministers wearing clothes that are 10 years out of date while assuring their young charges that sex is better […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 9, 2026
Trump ‘Bored’ With Iran War? Yep, just like FDR was ‘bored’ with WW II: Patience is not Trump’s strength. One outside adviser, who speaks with him regularly, told me the president is “bored” with the war. Others believe he is frustrated at Iran’s intransigence. And while Trump at times feels detached from the political concerns […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 8, 2026
That Fucking Refinery. In order to ‘fix a problem’, they apparently have no choice but to emit toxic sulfur dioxide for several weeks. I’m with Speaker Minor-Brown on this one: Delaware City Refining Company will be emitting significantly higher-than-normal amounts of sulfur dioxide for several weeks. The Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 7, 2026
Dover’s House Of Hope Facing Possible Closure: A Delaware emergency shelter that has served nearly 100 women in the past year — many fleeing violence, battling untreated mental health conditions or facing homelessness — is now at risk of shutting its doors. At House of Hope in Kent County, leaders say funding shortfalls could force […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Rep. Spiegelman Tries To Justify Free Trips By Introducing Legislation To ‘Clarify’ What Is Already The Law. Hey, as long as it brings more public scrutiny to these junkets, I’m all for the introduction of the bill, if not its passage: The revelation by WHYY News last month that several Delaware lawmakers have failed to […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Delaware Cops Doing Delaware Cops Things. Utterly disgraceful: Delaware Pastor Tony Neal said he turned his life around in the early 1990s after leaving prison. But his criminal record prevented him from being allowed to attend his son’s U.S. Air Force graduation ceremony in 2014. “That was hurtful,” the Georgetown resident said. “One of the […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, May 4, 2026
Melanie Ross Levin Owes Us An Apology. Kids, here’s what the State Rep wrote on her Facebook: What is it like being a Democratic Jewish legislator? It means dealing with antisemitism on a regular basis from the left. And EVERYONE who has done this to me in Delaware is associated with the Delaware Working Families Party. […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 3, 2026
How The Tech World Turned Evil. Some pieces lend themselves to judicious excerpting. This is not such a piece. It’s a perfect long-form Sunday morning read. Read it, you’ll learn a lot. BTW, this was recommended by one of our favorite readers. Feel free to make similar recommendations. The NYTimes ’30 Greatest Living American Songwriters’ […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 2, 2026
Delaware Progressives Hit The Big Time–or, at least, CNBC: A progressive wing of the Democratic Party in Delaware is endorsing primary opponents to six incumbent Democratic state lawmakers who pushed for a change to the state’s corporate law that benefits executives and billionaires, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who have faced shareholder litigation in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 1, 2026
Marydel Fire Company–Exception, Or The Rule?: A state audit investigating fraud within the volunteer fire company of a small, unincorporated town along the Delaware-Maryland border revealed tens of thousands of dollars of unaccounted spending. It also raised concerns among elected officials about lacking oversight for fire companies across the state. In a report detailing the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 30, 2026
Dog Bites Man: Yet Another Leak At Croda Plant. Federal and state regulators are investigating a leak of a cancer-causing chemical that occurred earlier this month at an industrial site near the base of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. According to Delaware’s environmental notification system, “an unknown quantity of ethylene oxide was released” on April 14 […]
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