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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 19, 2025

By El Somnambulo March 19, 202513 Comments

So much to unpack from yesterday's passage of HB 140 (Morrison), the 'end of life options' bill. I had predicted somewhere around 25 votes for passage yesterday. Instead, the bill…

Song of the Day 3/19: Matthew Sweet, “Farther Down”

By Alby March 19, 2025

Given the volume of bad news over the past six months, it's inevitable that some of it slipped by without much notice. So I was surprised the other day when…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 19, 2025

By El Somnambulo March 19, 2025

Courts To Trump: Pretty Much Everything You're Doing Is Illegal. Transgender Troops Ban. Dismantling Of USAID. Trump Rope-A-Dope On Deportations. We've learned that Democrats aren't coming to the rescue, the…

Song of the Day 3/18: The Youngbloods, “Darkness, Darkness”

By Alby March 18, 20251 Comment

Jesse Colin Young, the folk-rock singer-songwriter best known for his recording of the hippie anthem "Get Together," died Sunday. He was 83. Born Perry Miller, he adopted his stage name…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday March 18, 2025

By El Somnambulo March 18, 20253 Comments

The Big Story: House To Consider Death-With Dignity bill today. HB 140 (Morrison) is virtually the same bill that both houses passed last year, only to be vetoed by Delaware's…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 18, 2025

By El Somnambulo March 18, 202528 Comments

Israel Does It Again. The Carnage Quotient had apparently fallen below acceptable genocidal standards: Israeli forces launched large aerial attacks across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning, in the first…

Song of the Day 3/17: Paddy Reilly, “The Fields of Athenry”

By Alby March 17, 20251 Comment

Nobody writes more heart-rending ballads than the Irish, which is fitting given the litany of tragedies they've suffered, mostly at the hands of the British. None has had a greater…

DL Open Thread: Monday, March 17, 2025

By El Somnambulo March 17, 202515 Comments

In Amerika, You Can't Be A Black Man And A Military Hero: The US defense department webpage celebrating an army general who served in the Vietnam war and was awarded the…

Song of the Day 3/16: Magnolia Electric Co., “The Dark Don’t Hide It”

By Alby March 16, 2025

The best Americana singer-songwriter you never heard of, Jason Molina, died 12 years ago today of alcohol-induced organ failure at age 39. He was revered by his peers in the…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 16, 2025

By El Somnambulo March 16, 20251 Comment

Does Nick Merlino Speak For Gov. Matt Meyer? I report. You decide: A Delaware lawyer and a state lawmaker have filed a federal complaint that seeks to have the state…

Song of the Day 3/15: R.E.M., “Pretty Persuasion”

By Alby March 15, 20251 Comment

When they broke up the band 14 years ago, the members of R.E.M. swore they would never reunite. We've seen enough bands go back on such pronouncements to take that…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 15, 2025

By El Somnambulo March 15, 20259 Comments

The Schumer Sell-Out: For those who didn't see the list of turncoats yesterday, here ya go: “Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Illinois), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada), Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire), John…

Song of the Day 3/14: Bobby Womack, “Across 110th Street”

By Alby March 14, 20253 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona When Bobby Womack crosses 110th Street in the song by that name, he’s crossing the traditional demarcation line between Manhattan and Harlem. Harlem has the…