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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 10, 2026

By El Somnambulo March 10, 20265 Comments

Back in session for three weeks. We reported yesterday on a bill designed to reduce hospital healthcare costs. The irony of two legislators who have carried ChristianaCare's water, and who…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 10, 2026

By El Somnambulo March 10, 20266 Comments

Trump Plays Wall Street Nitwits For Fools. Because, who else believes anything he says?: Yesterday UN Ambassador Mike Waltz announced that the US was moving ahead rapidly to achieve all…

Song of the Day 3/9: Country Joe and the Fish, “The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag”

By Alby March 9, 20263 Comments

With talk of committing ground troops to Trump's War on Iran, it would be a good time to break out this iconic Vietnam-era protest song, even if Joseph Allen "Country…

DL Open Thread: Monday, March 9, 2026

By El Somnambulo March 9, 20263 Comments

Oil Prices Soar Due To Trump's War. Who could possibly have foreseen this?: Oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel before falling back Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening…

Important Lessons From Recent Elections

By Alby March 8, 20263 Comments

You might think the successful primary campaigns of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Texas Senate candidate James Talarico are as different as, well, New York City and Texas.…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: March 8, 2026

By El Somnambulo March 8, 20262 Comments

McMeh. CEO grudgingly nibbles at McDonald's new sandwich: Social media can be so cruel...: “When the CEO calls it product instead of food you know its got less nutritional value…

Song of the Day 3/8: Psychedelic Furs, “Pretty in Pink”

By Alby March 8, 2026

Hey, Millennials, wanna feel old? The classic John Hughes Brat Pack movie, "Pretty in Pink," was the No. 1 box office film 40 years ago last week. You're welcome. As…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 7, 2026

By El Somnambulo March 7, 20267 Comments

What a real President should sound like. What The Pro Rasslin' Heel Masquerading As President Has Done: Until quite recently, oil and gasoline prices had been a bright spot in…

Song of the Day 3/6: The Prisonaires, “Just Walkin’ in the Rain”

By Alby March 6, 2026

Guest post by Nathan Arizona In 1953 a young doo-wop group entered Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio in Memphis to make its first recording. They were hardly the only young…

DL Open Thread: Friday, March 6, 2026

By El Somnambulo March 6, 20265 Comments

Kristi Noem's Chosen Successor Is...: Quite the shock. Yet another Cosplay Cowboy takes over DHS: "Markwayne will work tirelessly to Keep our Border Secure, Stop Migrant Crime, Murderers, and other…

Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending March 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo March 6, 202615 Comments

“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 3/5: James and Bobby Purify, “I’m Your Puppet”

By Alby March 5, 2026

Among their many desperate justifications for starting a war on Iran, Trump and Marco Rubio have slipped in the one that's almost certainly true: Netanyahu made them do it. "We…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo March 5, 20269 Comments

Look Who's Funding Speaker Mimi Minor-Brown's Slush Fund: Phil Shawe, the polarizing New York executive whose financial largesse helped propel Gov. Matt Meyer to victory in 2024, is now throwing…