Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Virginia Voters Approve Congressional Redistricting: Democrats maintained their electoral momentum on Tuesday by securing the passage of an aggressively gerrymandered House map in Virginia, which could deliver the party up to four extra seats as it tries to win back control of Congress. Democrats sought to focus the campaign on President Trump, who instigated the […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Meyer’s Choice For Inspector General Looks Like A Home Run Pick: Gov. Matt Meyer nominates Robert Storch to be Delaware’s first Inspector General. Storch has been the IG of federal agencies like the National Security Agency and the Department of Defense, appointed to those positions by former Presidents Obama and Biden respectively. Storch remained in […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 20, 2026
Looks Like Debbie Hudson Capano Screwed Yorklyn Real Good. A small northern Delaware community is looking to stop a luxury townhome development through any means necessary — including a lawsuit. Yorklyn residents for years have opposed developments on former industrial land in the Auburn Valley redevelopment district, which did not go through the county’s land […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: April 19, 2026
The Most Replaceable BY AI? Corporate Bosses: In March, The Wall Street Journal’s Meghan Bobrowsky broke the news that Mark Zuckerberg was “building a CEO agent to help him do his job.” The purpose of AI Zuck was to help flesh-and-blood Zuck “get information faster—for instance, by retrieving answers for him that he would typically […]
DL Open Thread Saturday, April 18, 2026
Whoopee! Trump says the Strait of Iran (sic) is open again! And you can believe what Trump says, right? Especially on Friday afternoons. Tell ya what, though, you go through first. No links because at publication time nobody actually has any clear idea of what’s going on. It seems Secretary of Belligerence Pete Hegseth isn’t […]
DL Open Thread Friday, April 17, 2026
Data centers: To know them is to hate them: [T]he share of Virginians saying they’d be “comfortable” if a new data center were built in their community has plummeted to half the level it was at just three years ago. In 2023, 69 percent of state residents said a new data center was fine with […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Spotlight Delaware on The Plummer Center: A month after state officials shut down Wilmington’s only prison work release program, the transition to a Smyrna substance abuse treatment center has garnered mixed reactions from lawmakers and inmates. On Tuesday, the Senate Corrections & Public Safety Committee held a hearing to understand the current state of the […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
So. I closed out today’s legislative wrap-up with a reference to Tim ‘Solid Waste’ Sheldon. Tim might want to have someone read this article to him: FESTUS, Missouri — Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6 billion data center, struck back at the polls last week, ousting all […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Will Nobody Stop BPG? The Buccini Pollin Group takes over management of the Sports at the Beach complex in Georgetown. BPG Sports Senior Vice President and General Manager Steve Cavalier says this is a partnership, not an acquisition. The partnership means BPG will now operate the facility, which typically sees its peak usage during the […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 13, 2026
Orban Loses And–Concedes!: The 16-year reign of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is at an end after a crushing election loss on Sunday that will send political shockwaves from Washington to Moscow. The EU’s most autocratic leader — a close ally of both U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin — lost by […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: April 12, 2026
AI Runs The Store. The results?: Checking out at Andon Market feels different. There are no scanners, no self-checkout sirens triggered by a prematurely bagged item and certainly no human cashiers. Instead, a customer can pick up an old-school corded phone to talk with the manager, Luna, an AI system. Luna asks what the customer […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 11, 2026
How Spotlight Delaware Reported Their Story On The Rockford Center. Highly recommended for those who want to see how journalists operate. This was a highly-complex and time-consuming story. And, I might add, an important one. Only great reporters could have done it justice. As did Julia Merola and Nick Stonesifer. Eric Swalwell’s Campaign Melts Down. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 10, 2026
We lead off today with an IMPORTANT CORRECTION to my story about Krista Griffith’s job at that not-for-profit. These key elements remain true: Yes, she got the job. Yes, the agency received Grant-In-Aid funding for the first time. However, the agency had been receiving state funds all along. From someone in a position to know: For years, […]
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