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
Image by Ted Eytan.
The United States appears to be teetering on the brink of a coup, with Elon Musk, an unelected adviser to Trump, now having access to the U.S. Treasury’s payment system. Federal officials, watchdogs and gatekeepers are being replaced en masse… 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.
This is just a random photo of me I took today while out in the freezing cold getting my 3 miles of walking in.
During the run-up to the Nov. 5 election I heard of Trump supporters who said they wouldn’t mind seeing Obamacare repealed but they didn’t want the Affordable Care Act touched. The ACA was their health insurance provider and they liked… READ MORE
As you can see, the very important part of the label, the one that reads "dog treats," is covered by the price tag. Thanks, guys! Image by Del Stone Jr.
They say you should never go grocery shopping on an empty stomach, but that’s what I did the other day – I was STARVING to death. I saw this bag of beef jerky and I thought, “Oh, that looks so… READ MORE
I don't know who took this picture. They should never be allowed to use a camera again.
Today is my birthday. Here is a list of my demands. I want a Gulfstream private jet. That way Taylor Swift and I can drop down to Key West for lunch, or make a day of shopping at those cute… READ MORE
Former president Donald Trump was recently interviewed by The Bulletin, a monthly publication of the American Association of Retired Persons. In that interview he was asked questions about the economy – how he would bring down the high cost of… READ MORE