Song of the Day 7/30: Noah Kahan, “American Cars”
Donald Trump finally got me to listen to Noah Kahan. The singer-songwriter from Vermont has steadily increased his audience since his first release in 2019, to the point that his…
Delaware’s 2026 Political Primaries: A Grab-Bag O’ Races
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We haven't reached the 'Most Intriguing Primaries' stage yet. But I find these races to be more or less interesting. Anti-labor forces target two D's. Yep, they're associated with Associated…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 30, 2026
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'Get The Flock Out'--AI Cameras Watching You 24/7: When you’re driving on roads in Delaware, there’s a decent chance a pole-mounted camera is snapping photos of your car and zeroing…
Song of the Day 7/29: Lonnie Donnegan, “Rock Island Line”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona A teenage John Lennon used to keep his ears glued to the BBC waiting, like thousands of other British teens, for a skiffle tune called…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, July 29, 2026
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Incyte Insight: Delaware Claws Back Some $$'s: Months after local pharmaceutical giant Incyte abandoned plans to move its headquarters to Wilmington, state officials reallocated millions of grant dollars from the…
Song of the Day 7/28: The Rev. Horton Heat, “Bales of Cocaine”
Here's a surprise: It turns out that ending the drug trade by blowing up individual boats that might be carrying cocaine is about as effective as eliminating malaria by swatting…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Suxco Tries To Save Its Few Remaining Trees. Decades too late: After losing thousands of acres of forestland in recent decades, Sussex County is considering new rules to require builders…
Delaware’s 2026 Political Primaries. Part 1: Those I Couldn’t Care Less About
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First, here from the Delaware Department of Elections is the complete slate of primary races. US Senate Democratic Primary: Once the nascent and short-lived campaign of Chris Beardsley crashed and…
Song of the Day 7/27: Weird Al Yankovic, “Amish Paradise”
H/t Jonathan Tate. Delaware has joined 44 other states with reported cases of measles, a disease that had been eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. The state health department has…
DL Open Thread: Monday, July 27, 2026
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Maravelias, Building Trades, Lash Out At House Democrats: Hope turned to shock and anger on July 1, as Delaware labor leaders, who believed they were on the cusp of passing…
Song of the Day 7/26: Jackson Browne, “Running on Empty”
Yet again, Donald Trump has backed away from yet another threat to bomb Iran even more than before, but this time there's a practical reason: Defense contractors can't build the…
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: July 26, 2026
Franchises Will Disenfranchise You: Carola Hagenau of Castle Rock, Colorado, was out of work but not out of hope. Her corporate employer eliminated her job during the COVID pandemic and…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 25, 2026
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Had to laugh at the latest mailer that Musk's corporate lawyers sent out on behalf of Dan Cruce: "Showing Up For Wilmington When It Matters". I take that to mean…