Politics

Accomplished writers appear in the Politics column every Tuesday on a rotating basis to explore the dynamic world of politics at the local, county, state, national and world levels.

Politics

Seek and ye shall find, and not be turned down

Don Flood
10 years ago
In 2014, I joined the ranks of those Delawareans whose health insurance was cancelled. That...
Politics

We missed opportunity for painless tax increase

Don Flood
10 years ago
Oh, what might have been. Earlier this year, Gov. Jack Markell proposed a 10-cent-per-gallon...
Politics

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind

Don Flood
10 years ago
For thousands of years, men plied the seas for a living with the aid of wind power. Recently, I...
Commentary

Police officers’ split second decisions reviewed by...

10 years ago
The toughest jobs in professional football may belong not to the players or coaches, but to the...
Politics

Non-government agency helps people help themselves,...

Don Flood
10 years ago
With its low taxes and relaxed way of life, Sussex County has become one of the region’s most...
Politics

Book might make you rethink the death penalty

Don Flood
10 years ago
Recently, my wife and I stayed at a bed and breakfast in Pennsylvania. The next morning at...
Politics

This old political truism may no longer be true

Don Flood
10 years ago
"All politics is local." It’s among the hoariest of political clichés. Most often...
Politics

Candidates taking a page from the Gipper

Don Flood
10 years ago
An article on the Daily Beast website detailed how some Republican candidates, such as the U.S...
Politics

Voters have real choices in the District 20 race

Don Flood
10 years ago
In Tuesday’s column I mentioned the stark choices open to voters in the District 6 and 20 races...
Politics

Snyder-Hall, Lopez outline positions at candidates...

Don Flood
10 years ago
The 2014 campaigns might be a little cleaner than 2012, but the choices in districts 6 and 20 are...
Politics

When it comes to ethics, transparency is everything

Don Flood
10 years ago
In 1994, the Delaware Legislature established the Public Integrity Commission and made it...
Politics

Politics has become the art of the impossible:...

Don Flood
10 years ago
People enjoy taking potshots at politicians, but a recent story reminded me just how difficult it...
Politics

Democrats ‘Chill with Jill’ at the Paradise Grill

Don Flood
10 years ago
The day was picture perfect for a political rally, sunny, with a light breeze coming off the waters...
Politics

Awareness rises along with the waters

10 years ago
In May 2013, state resource planner Susan Love addressed Sussex County Council about sea level rise...
Politics

Lopez, Snyder-Hall square off for first time

Don Flood
10 years ago
At last summer’s Democratic Jamboree, Claire Snyder-Hall was announced as her party’s candidate for...
Politics

New issue grows, but will it bear fruit?

Don Flood
10 years ago
This spring a fresh political issue sprouted in the District 5 race for Sussex County Council. Brad...
Politics

Finding a place for a knee-jerk centrist

Don Flood
10 years ago
Following the recent death of James Brady, President Reagan’s press secretary, many people fondly...
Politics

Conventional wisdom is not always wise

Don Flood
10 years ago
It’s unrealistic, perhaps, to expect politicians and pundits to learn from history, but it would be...
Politics

This election will be a referendum on the sheriff

Don Flood
10 years ago
Among those working the crowd at last week’s picnic for U.S. Sen. Chris Coons was Ronald “Beau”...
Politics

District should take advantage of librarians’...

Don Flood
10 years ago
Recently, the Cape Henlopen Board of Education voted 6-1 to toss out the summer reading list...
Politics

Connor says the ethics issue still belongs to him

Don Flood
10 years ago
It’s been my issue and they’re not going to take it from me,” said Brad Connor, Sussex County...
Politics

Independent Party says no to ‘symbolic campaigns’

Don Flood
10 years ago
Among the more interesting 2012 races was the Representative District 20 race between Republican...
Politics

Apparently, apples don’t fall far from the tree

Don Flood
10 years ago
Millennials’ Political Views Don’t Make Any Sense,” the headline blared on The Atlantic website...
Politics

Should board take vacation from revising summer...

Don Flood
10 years ago
Back in the ‘70s, an English teacher at Cape Henlopen, a Mr. Glassner, assigned us a short story...
Politics

Coalition has a vision, but we’ll have to see nuts...

Don Flood
10 years ago
The good news: Delaware’s educational system has come a long way. The bad news: It still has a long...
Politics

A code of ethics has become an issue in District 5 race

Don Flood
10 years ago
Tom McGlone, who is running for mayor of Rehoboth, said that his goal - besides winning, of course...
Politics

Can Christie dance his way to the White House?

Don Flood
10 years ago
New Jersey governor (and UD grad) Chris Christie officially announced last week that he is running...
Politics

Parking problems, like many issues, are often matter...

Don Flood
10 years ago
Once in a great while a columnist has an opportunity to write about a subject about which he has...
Politics

Death penalty repeal bill probably done for this year

Don Flood
10 years ago
Nationally, there’s been a slow but persistent drip, drip, drip of events large and small...
Politics

Councilmen’s comments constitute an unforced error

Don Flood
10 years ago
A surprising amount of good news came out of last week’s Sussex County Council meeting. Seriously...
Politics

We have enough divisions; we don’t need to create more

Don Flood
10 years ago
It sounded pretty innocuous. And should have been. At last week’s Sussex County Council meeting,...
Politics

Great things take time; we have to be willing to commit

Don Flood
10 years ago
It’s always nice to hear people’s comments about my column. Sometimes they even agree with me. A...
Politics

Earlier primaries would be better for everybody -...

Don Flood
10 years ago
Drive across the state line into the Eastern Shore of Maryland and you’re hard pressed to tell the...
Politics

Voter registration: Doing well, but we can do better

Don Flood
10 years ago
“There is no right more basic to our democracy than the right to participate in electing our...
Politics

Improved roads and highways would help economy, save...

Don Flood
10 years ago
Last week the rubber met the road in Gov. Jack Markell’s push to increase the gas tax by 10 cents a...
Politics

Perhaps we found common ground in support for schools

Don Flood
10 years ago
I’ve always had sympathy for public school administrators. First, they’re responsible for educating...
Politics

Candidate says newbies, longtimers share the same goals

Don Flood
10 years ago
Election Night 2012, nearly nine o’clock. A happy, optimistic crowd at Irish Eyes in Lewes buzzes...
Politics

Will sending natural gas to Europe thwart Putin?

Don Flood
10 years ago
On Saturday morning people gathered to discuss our neighborhood’s parking issues. I don’t want to...
Politics

Technology, talk allow towns to tackle ‘wicked problem’

Don Flood
10 years ago
Land use isn’t just a difficult problem, according to Ed Lewandowski, coastal communities...
Politics

Failed nomination doesn’t speak well for future picks

Don Flood
10 years ago
I spotted Delaware’s U.S. Sen. Chris Coons’s face in an unusual place last week - lined up with six...
Politics

Smoke-filled room brings out the politicians

Don Flood
10 years ago
The first thing that hits you is the smoke. Indoors! It seems like such a novelty now. It’s hard to...
Politics

History of Milford Eleven helped form Delaware’s...

Don Flood
11 years ago
The past isn’t dead, novelist William Faulkner wrote. “It isn’t even past.” It’s a good thing to...
Politics

To compete globally, we need national standards

Don Flood
11 years ago
At last week’s forum about Common Core, a man asked, Were the parents consulted about these new...
Politics

Minimum wage battle should be over, but it’s not

Don Flood
11 years ago
On Jan. 30, Gov. Jack Markell signed a bill that will raise the hourly minimum wage in Delaware by...
Politics

Politician hears about proposed gas tax hike while...

Don Flood
11 years ago
Imagine Gov. Jack Markell making this announcement: “Today, I am calling for an annual decrease in...
Politics

On Thursday, for Markell, the rubber will meet the road

Don Flood
11 years ago
The clock is always ticking, whether or not we’re paying attention. For some people the clock can’t...
Politics

Gun legislation dies, but local legislators bring...

Don Flood
11 years ago
On Jan. 10, the parents of a young woman who died in the 2012 Colorado movie theater shooting came...
Politics

Snyder-Hall vows to knock on every door in Sixth...

Don Flood
11 years ago
Back in October, at Gov. Jack Markell’s town meeting held at Cape Henlopen High School, I heard...
Politics

‘Ducking’ a controversy and looking ahead to an...

Don Flood
11 years ago
That didn’t take long. Last week, because of an early deadline, my column was out of date by the...
Politics

‘Duck’ star acted within his rights, so did A&E

Don Flood
11 years ago
It’s just not a holiday season without a little religious rancor. For a time it seemed this...
Politics

Cutting building regulations not likely to help...

Don Flood
11 years ago
Recently, Christian Hudson wrote a column for the Cape Gazette that offered a reason for the...
Politics

‘Aging in place’ concept takes root in Lewes

Don Flood
11 years ago
In our polarized world, wouldn’t it be great to have a program helping older residents that people...
Politics

Role of government remains a complex issue

Don Flood
11 years ago
In Washington, D.C., and across the country, we are fighting a great political battle about the...
Politics

Not surprisingly, 50 years changes your perspective

Don Flood
11 years ago
Last weekend we went to see “Good Ol’ Freda” at the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival. The...
Politics

Sky’s not the limit, but what about 60 feet?

Don Flood
11 years ago
A few years back, at the height of the real estate boom, there was an article in the Washington...
Politics

Those with differing opinions not necessarily out to...

Don Flood
11 years ago
It’s nice to know people are reading. I don’t have the time or space to comment on all the letters...
Politics

Retiree turned activist shows you can make a difference

Don Flood
11 years ago
Like many others before her, Bobbie Hemmerich retired here to enjoy the Cape Region’s chief...
Commentary

How’s Markell doing? Delawareans not shy about...

Don Flood
11 years ago
New York City Mayor Ed Koch was famous for walking around town asking people, “How am I doing?”...
Politics

Should a democracy be governed based on polling?

Don Flood
11 years ago
There’s an old joke about conjugating verbs. (Stop me if you’ve heard it. Oops, too late): “I am...
Politics

New legislator actually finds some bipartisan...

Don Flood
11 years ago
Not long ago, I spoke to a legislator who was disappointed with the partisanship in the Delaware...