Imagine you’re getting divorced. Your ex, their lawyer, your lawyer, and the judge are all meeting. You aren’t there. You weren’t invited. You don’t know what they’re saying. You don’t know what they’re deciding. You have no idea what the… READ MORE
I submit DOGE itself is a significant source of waste and fraud. It is at least a duplication of services, as another government agency already exists that is tasked with finding wasteful spending: the GAO. The GAO, or Government Accountabity… READ MORE
I’ve been watching the national news the past couple of weeks, and I haven’t seen any significant coverage of the protests against fascism I know are taking place around the country – I’ve seen the video clips and mention of… READ MORE
Donald Trump wants to criminalize the possession of adult content – books, videos, that sort of thing – and forgive me, but I’m confused. Maybe you can help me figure it out. Let’s see if I understand the situation correctly:… READ MORE
Secretary of Defense Pet Hegseth. Image by Gage Skidmore. CC license
Our new secretary of defense, that drunk, Pete Hegseth, doesn’t want to do what other secretaries of defense have done and find his own housing. He wants to live in military housing. And get this – he wants taxpayers to… READ MORE
Well, I hear Dear Leader wants to have a military parade and he wants to have it in June in honor of his birthday. I don’t know why he doesn’t just take D-Day and rename it “The Donald Day.” I… READ MORE
Image by Del Stone Jr.
We had a memorial service for Marvin DeBolt on Saturday. Maybe you remember him. He was the publisher of the Playground Daily News, then the Northwest Florida Daily News, from 1980 to 2004. Mr. D was known for many things… READ MORE
I have a friend who lives in New Zealand. Not long ago I asked him what he thought about America. He sent a lengthy reply. He prefaced it with a description of how people in New Zealand live. As I… READ MORE
Snow fell at a furious rate the afternoon of Jan. 21, 2025, during an unprecedented winter storm that blanketed the Southeast with snow and freezing temperatures. Image by Del Stone Jr.
Northwest Florida got a taste of climate change on Jan. 21, 2025, when an unprecedented snowstorm blanketed the area with up to 8 inches of snow. The jet stream, departing from its usual west-to-east track, brought arctic air deep into… READ MORE
Mom and Pat share a laugh on Christmas morning, 1976, at our house on Pryor Road in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Image by Del Stone Sr.
I raided both my and my folks’ photos for images of holidays past for this Christmas Eve retrospective.