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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. OpEd News Member for 657 week(s) and 5 day(s) 334 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 78 Comments, 0 Diaries, 4 Series, 0 Polls
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Saturday, May 11, 2024NASA and Boeing? Are they kidding? What in the world is Boeing, with its history of deadly carelessness and two dead whistleblowers, doing with a multi-billion-dollar contract with NASA to ferry astronauts in space? 
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024You mean we don't shoot dogs? Kristi Noem's bloodthirsty naked ambition is yet another example of the depths of desperate ignorance and immorality to which much of today's Republican Party has succumbed. 
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Monday, May 6, 2024What the heck happened to sports? I patched together this sports report mostly from social media because, if you haven't noticed, traditional -- to wit, newspaper and magazine -- sports reporting has been replaced by sports personalities with opinions "reporting" on TV. 
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Thursday, May 2, 2024A Kennedy in name only This apple has fallen far from the family tree. So far, in fact, that every member of his family has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president and encouraged Americans not to vote for RFK Jr. 
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Sunday, April 28, 2024A routine day in the USA A historic trial, a sports betting scandal and a sloppy NY Times editorial. All unacceptable. 
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Friday, April 19, 2024Are you an alcoholic? Take this test April is Alcohol Awareness Month. With that in mind, I offer a list of questions designed to help individuals decide if they, or someone they know, may be an alcoholic. If that is the case, recognition of the problem may well be the first flicker of hope, rather than the beacon of doom many people consider it to be. Be honest. 
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Monday, April 8, 2024The dumbing down of America, cont. I don't know who needs to hear this, but the American education system is in crisis. Too many young people don't know things that used to be considered basic information you learned if you got through high school. 
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024Pentagon shrugs off all UFO reports The Defense Department investigating the Defense Department on a matter of wide public interest and controversy is probably not the best way to resolve long-standing questions. 
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Monday, March 25, 2024Taking any bets on Ohtani's story? A bookie was owed a lot of money, apparently, and Ohtani did, or didn't try to pay him off for his interpreter, but didn't notice a bunch of money missing from his bank account. Or something. 
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024'Old Joe' tells it like it is And that's really the point, people. Not how old Biden is, but how capable and competent he is compared to the other guy, "my predecessor" as Biden cleverly put it. 
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Sunday, March 10, 2024All the news, if you can find it When your hometown newspaper ends home delivery and The New York Times mistakes the forest for the trees, who connects the dots? 
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024How's the economy? None of your business Confused, I looked around and heard pretty much the same conversation on every TV business show, so I figured they got paid to talk to each other about Nvidia and inflation, but weren't interested in telling me anything useful. Certainly not about business. 
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Thursday, February 29, 2024You've got mail, please read it When I get my mail these days, I notice a certain urgency and consistency to it. These are people who feel the same as I do and are doing all they can to preserve and protect what was established in Philadelphia 248 years ago. Our democracy is at stake. This is our reality. 
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Thursday, February 22, 2024The (not so) sweet mysteries of life Navolny's death, the Kansas City shooting, Trump's fraud fans, No Labels nonsense: Some mysteries are easier to solve than others. 
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024A 12-step recovery program for Republicans We admitted we were powerless over Trump, that our party had become unmanageable. Step One. The GOP's only hope. 
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Friday, February 2, 2024Donald and Nikki, how will it end? Nikki Haley presents a dilemma for those Republicans who can't stand Trump, but are too afraid to say so, because they need the votes of the aggrieved, angry whites who make up MAGA, the volatile base of the GOP, but who don't outnumber the relatively sane voters populating the rest of the electorate. 
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Monday, January 22, 2024Pine cones, politics and power A week of mystery, from Pine Bush, N.Y., to Iowa and Denmark. 
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Saturday, January 13, 2024Dry January: Good luck, but be careful On a positive note, if Dry January results in a more responsible general approach to alcohol consumption (as brewers and distillers are obliged to promote), it has to be good for society's overall health. Excessive alcohol consumption contributes to a multitude of societal and health problems as well as highway and other accidents. 
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024Snoop Dogg, ghee and me! Join me on an impromptu international journey. It's all about mind/body balance and a little clarified butter. 
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Tuesday, January 2, 2024Resolved: Work to preserve democracy In my opinion, the future of this country as I have known it is in peril and far too many of my fellow citizens apparently don't know or, worse, don't care. Page 1 of 17 First Last Back Next 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All |
