DL Open Thread: Saturday, Jan. 3, 2025
While You Were Sleeping--Trump Invaded Venezuela and Arrested Maduro: President Trump said on Saturday that the United States had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and was flying him out…
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending Jan. 1, 2026
“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We…
Song of the Day 1/2: The American Breed, “Bend Me, Shape Me”
This song, a No. 5 hit for the American Breed in 1968, was prophetically titled – several bands covered it in the '60s, and it sounded different each time. Credited…
DL Open Thread: Friday, Jan. 2, 2026
I have a question to start: We've had two notable murders in Delaware over the past two weeks. When the former owner of the Stone Balloon, who is also the…
Song of the Day 1/1: Ferko String Band, “When You’re Smiling”
When I think of Mummers string bands, I imagine the string bands of my childhood – masses of banjos in parade formation, supplemented by saxophones and glockenspiels, all played by…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 1, 2026
Trump Declares Defeat In LA, Chicago and Portland: President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is pulling the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, although the troops already…
Delaware 2025: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous
THE GOOD: Jan. 17: Gov. Meyer commits to scaling back windfalls to large corporations. Says he will focus on small business development instead. March 5: Gov. Meyer proposes energy reforms,…
Song of the Day 12/31: Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot, “Bonnie and Clyde”
Yesterday for Song of the Day I related the story of Serge Gainsbourg's disastrous first date with Brigitte Bardot, who was married at the time, and how she told him…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025
ICE To Spend $100 Mill To Recruit More Goons: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are planning to spend $100 million over a one-year period to recruit gun-rights supporters and…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Trump's War On Venezuela Expands. Shouldn't, what's the term I'm looking for, Congress, have a say in this?: The C.I.A. conducted a drone strike on a port facility in Venezuela…
Song of the Day 12/30: Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot, “Je T’Aime … Moi Non Plus”
Brigitte Bardot, who died Sunday at 91, owed her sex kitten image to the movies she made in the '50s and '60s, but her ambition, and the monetization of her…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2025: The Top 10!!
But first, let us put all of the great tunes in one place for those who have not been breathlessly following along to the Countdown: #'s 50-41 #'s 40-31 #'s…
Song of the Day 12/29: Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, New Year’s Eve medley
Stephen Miller, the illegitimate child of Nosferatu and Joseph Goebbels, caused a stir the other day when he tweeted, “Watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with my…