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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 5, 2026
Let’s start with two bills whose fates remain uncertain: SB 1(Townsend) was released to great fanfare, and promised to limit increased costs of primary health care. The bill cleared its final Senate committee hurdle on April 14, and is ready for Senate consideration. I remain skeptical of the bill’s final chances based on the success […]
Song of the Day 5/4: David Allan Coe, “Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)”
I suppose Satan stopped worrying that David Allen Coe would take over, because the cantankerous country singer and songwriter finally got to meet Old Nick last week when he – Coe, not Satan – died at age 86. Coe’s career contains a curious quirk – he wrote songs that topped the charts for other artists, […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, May 4, 2026
Melanie Ross Levin Owes Us An Apology. Kids, here’s what the State Rep wrote on her Facebook: What is it like being a Democratic Jewish legislator? It means dealing with antisemitism on a regular basis from the left. And EVERYONE who has done this to me in Delaware is associated with the Delaware Working Families Party. […]
Song of the Day 5/3: Wilco, “Impossible Germany”
Donald Trump, in another fit of pique against another erstwhile NATO ally, abruptly announced that the U.S. will move 5,000 of its troops out of Germany, apparently because its prime minister pointed out that the U.S. is being humiliated by Iran. Naturally, Trump’s response is, “I can humiliate people too, better than they can!” The […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 3, 2026
How The Tech World Turned Evil. Some pieces lend themselves to judicious excerpting. This is not such a piece. It’s a perfect long-form Sunday morning read. Read it, you’ll learn a lot. BTW, this was recommended by one of our favorite readers. Feel free to make similar recommendations. The NYTimes ’30 Greatest Living American Songwriters’ […]
BREAKING: Working Families Party Of Delaware Endorses Six Candidates For The General Assembly
The announcements were made at a Working Families Party event this morning at the Wilmington PAL. The following were endorsed: Adrianna Leela Bohm, SD 1. Running against incumbent Dan Cruce. Shay Frisby, SD 5. Running against incumbent Ray Seigfried. Shané Darby, RD 1. Running against incumbent Nnamdi Chukwuocha, maybe. He hasn’t yet filed. Rae Krantz, […]
Song of the Day 5/2: Dan Fogelberg, “Run for the Roses”
For decades, the first weekend in May has been circled on the calendars of Delaware’s horse racing fans. The Kentucky Derby is always run on the first Saturday of the month (pandemic years excepted), with Winterthur’s Point-to-Point races held the next day. Alas, Winterthur has put its steeplechase races on hiatus, perhaps permanently, but Churchill […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 2, 2026
Delaware Progressives Hit The Big Time–or, at least, CNBC: A progressive wing of the Democratic Party in Delaware is endorsing primary opponents to six incumbent Democratic state lawmakers who pushed for a change to the state’s corporate law that benefits executives and billionaires, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who have faced shareholder litigation in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 1, 2026
Marydel Fire Company–Exception, Or The Rule?: A state audit investigating fraud within the volunteer fire company of a small, unincorporated town along the Delaware-Maryland border revealed tens of thousands of dollars of unaccounted spending. It also raised concerns among elected officials about lacking oversight for fire companies across the state. In a report detailing the […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: April 2026
Quite a few bands and artists you haven’t heard of, but likely should, this month. Which ones catch your ear? This song activated whatever psychedelics remain in my system from the ’70’s and early ’80’s. Making it the inevitable choice for the ‘Micro-Dose Song Of The Month’. Ladeez and Gentlemen, The Clog: I’m calling it–Nathan […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending April 30, 2026
1. BREAKING: Nicole Poore Has A Challenger! Keonna Watson. Got this in my e-mail yesterday evening: Friend, I am Delaware. I was raised in New Castle County—shaped by these streets, these neighborhoods, and the people who showed up for one another when systems too often failed us. My roots run deep here. My parents were […]
Song of the Day 4/30: Steely Dan, “Any Major Dude Will Tell You”
As the breezy B-side to “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” the most successful single of Steely Dan’s career, “Any Major Dude” got some airplay and has long been a fan favorite, included on most of their greatest-hits compilations. The lyrics are elliptical, but one line stands out as especially puzzling: Have you ever seen a […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 30, 2026
Dog Bites Man: Yet Another Leak At Croda Plant. Federal and state regulators are investigating a leak of a cancer-causing chemical that occurred earlier this month at an industrial site near the base of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. According to Delaware’s environmental notification system, “an unknown quantity of ethylene oxide was released” on April 14 […]
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