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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 733 week(s) and 1 day(s) 441 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 83 Comments, 0 Diaries, 4 Series, 0 Polls
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025Another squirrel, another nutty JD story Anytime I see a black squirrel, I will immediately start looking for some nutty thing JD Vance has done. It's magic. 
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025Shhh the children are listening The fact that leaders of the Young Republican groups across the nation casually dropped racist, antisemitic, bigoted, and cruel comments in their chats with one another probably shouldn't come as a surprise, considering whom they model their behavior on. 
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Friday, October 17, 2025Connecting the dots on Trump Some of the seemingly unrelated chaos in Trump world may not be unrelated. And it's not good news for him. 
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025It's Banned Books Week, read on The MAGAs are busy trying to control what we read, teach and think. Libraries are fighting against them. 
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Sunday, October 5, 2025Lots of problems from the top Four separate problems stem from the top. The question is whether they can all be solved from the top. It looks doubtful. 
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Saturday, October 4, 2025It's simple: He's an idiot Why does Trump say the things he says? Occam's Razor has the answer. 
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Saturday, September 27, 2025GOP is going up the down escalator A stuck escalator, a faulty teleprompter and a broken promise all came together for Donald Trump at the U.N. 
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025Waging war on Venezuela and literacy Under Donald Trump, America's war gauge is up and reading levels are down. A connection? 
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025Charlie Kirk is dead Lots of opinion and allegations regarding the reasons behind Charlie Kirks death. Thus far, relatively few facts. 
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Friday, September 12, 2025Trump declares war on peace Desperate to deflect attention from the Jeffrey Epstein files, Trump has declared war on anyone and anything he can think of, apparently. That includes Tom Hanks. 
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Friday, September 5, 2025Start by believing the women Jeffrey Epstein's victims say they can provide a list of his clients if the White House won't. It's time to believe them. 
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Monday, September 1, 2025Labor Day 2050, the last one? Everybody saw it coming and nobody saw it coming. AI and the robots were very efficient. 
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Saturday, August 30, 2025Taking out the trash in D.C. Using National Guard troops to pick up trash and clean graffiti in Washington, DC in an insult to anyone who has ever worn the uniform of the National Guard. Par for the course for Donald Trump. 
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Thursday, August 28, 2025Once upon a time ... Some things music, baseball and the news, for example were just fine before being modernized. One person's opinion, anyway. 
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Friday, August 22, 2025Dems need to back Mamdani in NYC Democratic voters in New York City are comfortable with Mamdani. The party establishment still cant dismiss Cuomo. 
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Saturday, August 16, 2025What could possibly go wrong? Calling up the National Guard in Washington, DC, meeting Putin in Alaska wont matter. The Epstein files arent going away. 
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025The news! Shout it from the roof! In a world of constant distraction, the absurd often competes with the insane. Trump news. 
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025A city boy's guide to country etiquette (update) A refresher course on how to get along with your neighbors as well as the woodpeckers and coyotes. Be considerate.
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Sunday, August 3, 2025It's Mamdani, with two 'm's New York Democrats rejected a former governor and current mayor in the primary for their next mayor. 
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Saturday, August 2, 2025Rupert Murdoch, my hero? In many ways, Murdoch created Trump. So why has the elderly media mogul unleashed the Wall Street Journal on his creation? Page 1 of 20 First Last Back Next 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All |
