Today's Top Stories - May 26th, 2026

Last week was yet another week filled with optimism and record highs for the major stock indexes – while cryptos continued their massive muti-year underperformance and gold and silver took a breather once again. The optimism around stocks continued a consistent theme... 1) Belief that the AI driven economy continues to be so powerful investors can look past perceived short-term inflation and related economic concerns and... 2) Hope for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – which is the Ground Hog Day like-scenario we found ourselves in on Friday. 

Democrats are currently the best positioned for the midterm election the party has been to date.

Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.   

Memorial Day 2026 - Freedom Isn't Free

Revisited: About French Fries...

Revisited: Q&A - New York Crime vs. Florida

I’ve previously spoken from time to time in various ways about how I don’t like to kill anything. Not even bugs. Ashley will squash them, I move out of the way when she tells me too (and with that framing it probably isn’t too hard to figure out why I’m a plant-based eater). In the same train of thought, I have an admission to make. When the time came for autopsies in biology class, I had an arrangement with my female lab partner. She would do the autopsies, and I would document and present the findings. This worked for us quite well, btw. This is to say that in addition to not wanting to kill things, I’ve also never had an interest in examining dead things. I find both to be gross. Speaking of dead gross autopsies...I present to you the official Democrat 2024 autopsy... 

Freedom Isn't Free - Memorial Day 2026