Open Thread

Rethug Congressional Candidate Is A Piece O' Shit: A forum designed to be the first opportunity for candidates for Delaware's statewide offices in the general election season took a nasty…

While it won't be official until tomorrow, Jason Hoover is the winner in his County Council race.  Big changes coming there.  Which sorta reminds me--Did anyone endorse as many losers…

Yes, I'm late with this today.  Here's why--now that the primary campaign is over, I need a new way to get my steps in.  So I went on a walk…

No Regulations On Flock Cameras In Delaware.  My takeaway on this Spotlight Delaware piece: Newark resident Amy Roe’s biggest concerns about Flock cameras are her unanswered questions about their possible…

We're All DOOMED!  Will AI Kill Everything In Its Path?: Four days after a researcher publicly quit his job at Anthropic, warning that top AI firms are not “acting responsibly”…

Could This Impact Suxco Races?: As Delaware’s primary election quickly approaches, a controversial affordable housing policy has become a flashpoint in Sussex County, dominating both closely watched primary races and…

Where were you 25 years ago today? I was at a nursing home reform meeting at Buena Vista when we found out. Drove back to the Carvel Building in a…

Cris Barrish Conjures Up Controversy Where None Exists.  Great reporter, pathetic story: When Kyle Grantham, a first-time candidate for the New Castle County Council, read a WHYY News article last…

How Delaware's 'Not-For-Profit' Hospitals Stash $$'s In The Cayman Islands.  An absolute must-read, award-worthy article: (W)hen hospitals write checks to those allegedly harmed by their care, most would think the…

Court Upholds Delaware's Permanent Absentee Voting Law.  Two Rethugs fail in their latest attempt to disenfranchise voters: The Delaware Court of Chancery has upheld the state’s permanent absentee voting law,…

Rudy Gonna Rudy: Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor who shepherded New York City through the Sept. 11 attacks, said on Sunday that he did not think Mayor Zohran Mamdani…

Should 'Rebuilding' Be The Goal After Climate Disasters? This piece makes a strong case for rethinking that approach: Disaster intervals are collapsing, with one catastrophe following another in such quick…

Suxco Finally Moves To Protect Forests: The Sussex County Council adopted a measure that protects trees from ongoing and widespread development, after months of discussion and debate. Prior to the…