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Bob Gaydos is a veteran of 40-plus years in daily newspapers. He began as police reporter with The (Binghamton, N.Y.) Sun-Bulletin, eventually covering government and politics as well as serving as city editor, features editor, sports editor and executive editor. He was also managing editor of the Evening Capital in Annapolis, Md. He retired from daily newspapering in 2007 after 29 years with the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, N.Y., where he was Sunday/features editor and, for 23 years, editorial page editor. He won numerous awards for his editorials from the New York Newspaper Publishers Association and The Associated Press and in 1992 was a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. Gaydos continues to write on a freelance basis, including a column on addiction. OpEdNews Member for 770 week(s) and 4 day(s) 495 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 81 Comments, 0 Diaries, 5 Series, 0 Polls
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Monday, July 6, 2026Making A.I. more 'human' The pope has called for checks on AI. He thinks that would save and serve humanity. Students have other ideas. 
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Friday, June 26, 2026What does it profit a man ... What could the world's first trillionaire do with his money? Why won't he? 
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Friday, June 19, 2026A refresher course on gooseberries It's pruning time again and the gooseberries are no lesss thorny. But worth it. 
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Saturday, June 6, 2026This is not a poem This is not a poem, but rather, a plea for poetic justice. 
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Sunday, May 31, 2026China! Cuba! Rudy! Whew! Trump went to China, Rudy nearly went to Hell and the U.S. threatened ... Castro! Some week. 
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Sunday, May 24, 2026Trump resurrects firing squads Trump wants to speed up executions. In the most dramatic way, of course. 
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026Don't call me 'chief'! Some unsolicited advice: Sometimes a simple "Thank you" suffices. And other newsy stuff. 
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Saturday, May 9, 2026May Day with the wild things Some advice on life from author Maurice Sendak. Live it. 
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Saturday, May 9, 2026Ok, just the facts, please! With Trump's addiction to lying, his background in television and his love for theater and staged events, creation of conspiracy theories about what happened in Washington was, in my opinion, inevitable. 
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Sunday, May 3, 2026Trump targets civil rights champion The Southern Poverty Law Center goes after hate groups. Trump hates that because those are his people. His base. 
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Monday, April 27, 2026Chuck, time to show some moxie Times have changed. Schumer needs to change with them. Lay into Republicans. They deserve it. 
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Monday, April 27, 2026J.D. Vance's lost weekend The vice president met some poetic justice after a very long weekend. 
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Friday, April 17, 2026Melania. A poem. When the First Lady speaks, there may not always be rhyme, but there's always a reason. 
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Friday, April 17, 2026What's the real deal on Iran? With Trump there's always a deal. What does Pakistan get out of playing peacemaker? 
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Monday, April 13, 2026The Moon, "Queer Eye", and the Buddhists Sometimes it's hard to find the good news buried under all the depressingly bad news emanating daily from the White House. Like a trip to the moon. 
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Monday, April 6, 2026Another war? You can bet on it! Wagering on other people's misfortune is immoral. Prediction markets are dehumanizing. 
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Thursday, April 2, 2026Tired of Trump? Tell the Republicans No Kings Day demonstrations targeted Trump, but gave Republicans, who enable him, a pass. They bear ultimate responsibility for the chaos. 
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026We knew it and blew it in 2016 Same story, different year. That's what it's seemed like to me pretty much every day for about 10 years. Here's a look back at 2016. 
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026What if none of it really mattered? It appears to depend on your view of consciousness or reality. A virtual conundrum. 
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Saturday, March 21, 2026History is in the numbers An interesting congregation of numbers. Coincidence? Synchronicity? Page 1 of 25 First Last Back Next 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All |
