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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Monday, June 30, 2025
No longer the longest mandated day–although it could be. The hour of adjournment on the final regularly-scheduled day of this year’s legislative session will be determined by how quickly the parties can resolve the Bond Bill hold-up that has been precipitated by the Senate R’s holding the bill hostage b/c of the wind turbine bill […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, June 30, 2025
I’d first like to comment on Karl Stomberg’s piece, which you should read if you have not already done so. He captures my frustration more eloquently than I’ve so far been able to. I grew up in a Democratic household during the civil rights movement. My parents benefited greatly from FDR’s New Deal policies. I […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2025
For our female music lovers, I recognize that the last two months might have made you feel like Exiles In Bro-Ville. Wasn’t intentional. It be like that sometimes. Well, this month, the sistas are doin’ it for themselves. And for us. Starting with one of this year’s most exciting musical discoveries: Couldn’t decide between that […]
Song of the Day 6/29: Darrell Scott, “American Tune”
Paul Simon hit the injured list yesterday, cancelling the last two of his three Philadelphia shows because of intense back pain. He hasn’t been performing this song of disillusionment, written in response to Richard Nixon’s re-election in 1972, on his current out-of-retirement tour, but it sure feels apropos to the moment. I don’t know a […]
DL Open Thread/Sunday Magazine, June 29, 2025
Ever notice that some issues – vaccine skepticism, for example – don’t follow our normal political left-right axis of orientation? Eric Oliver did, and after studying the issue he came to the conclusion that America’s political divide is not ideological but psychological. If you believe in UFOs or ESP or even general sense that there […]
DL Open Thread Saturday, June 28, 2025
If you’re a progressive Democratic Party voter, you’re constantly told to shut up and vote for whatever centrist wins the nomination. “Vote Blue No Matter Who” is what the party believes and practices no matter who … hold on, I’m getting an update. It turns out that if a social democrat wins the nomination for, […]
From the DL Archives: “Delaware named top ‘state to watch’ for pot legalization in 2017”
Whatever national organization made this forecast was unfamiliar with Delaware’s cop-dominated Old Guard. Medical marijuana was up and running by 2015, so by the next year cannabis advocates might have thought recreational use would soon follow. Yet here we are in 2025 and … no recreational weed available despite legislation legalizing it. The path to […]
Song of the Day 6/27: Rotary Connection, “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Chicago’s Chess Records made a name for itself in the 1950s and ‘60s as the home of great blues and soul artists. But Marshall Chess, son of the owner, wanted the label to expand its offerings. How about a soul band that incorporated spacey, hippie rock and pop? So in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 27, 2025
DOGE Fights For More Guns. No, not for them, necessarily. But for Amerika: The U.S. DOGE Service has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the goal of revising or eliminating dozens of rules and gun restrictions by July 4, according to multiple people with knowledge of the efforts, who […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 26, 2025
First, a shout-out. Jacob Owens of Spotlight Delaware has been doing a live legislative blog the last couple of days. There aren’t two of him, so he can’t cover everything. But what he’s doing is a helluva lot better than covering nothing. Well worth checking out. Ho-kay. A very notable legislative session yesterday. Plus, the Governor has […]
Song of the Day 6/26: The Cowsills, “Indian Lake”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona The Cowsills knew you could beat the summer heat down at “Indian Lake,” where “you can swim in the cove, have a snack in the grove/Or you can rent a canoe.” But when they recorded “Indian Lake” in 1968 they had no idea they would become the model for a […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 26, 2025
Bernie Nails It. So obvious, yet corporadems are so addicted to corporate cash: Look, he ran a brilliant campaign. And it wasn’t just him. What he understood and understands — campaign’s not over — is that to run a brilliant campaign, you have to run a grassroots campaign. So instead of taking money from billionaires […]
Song of the Day 6/25: Bobby Sherman, “Easy Come Easy Go”
It seems like most child stars have a hard time adjusting to adult life – Justin Bieber is the latest example – but maybe that’s because we don’t hear much about the well-adjusted ones. Bobby Sherman, who died at age 81 yesterday, was in his mid-20s when he became a pin-up heartthrob for the Tiger […]
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