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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 739 week(s) and 4 day(s) 451 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 83 Comments, 0 Diaries, 4 Series, 0 Polls
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Friday, December 5, 2025On being not fit to be president The beauty of America is that absolutely anyone can become president. But with money playing such a role in the decision, it is also the curse of America. 
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Monday, December 1, 2025Surviving the holidays in recovery The holiday season can be challenging for people new in recovery from alcohol or food addiction. Party hosts can make it easier. Some tips. 
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Friday, November 28, 2025Did he just call her Piggy!? In insulting two female journalists and welcoming a foreign leader accused of ordering the murder of another journalist, Donald Trump further desecrated the office of the president. There is no bottom. 
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025Imagining a reasonable Rapture A non-believer looks for the possible benefits of a Rapture. 
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Friday, November 14, 2025Musk wants to be a trillionaire why? Elon Musk asked Tesla shareholders for a $1 trillion pay raise. They actually gave it to him. Greed was reportedly involved. 
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Saturday, November 8, 2025Donald Trump, frozen in time Trump lacks the basic human instinct to care about another human in distress. Empathy is nonexistent in him. He doesn't know it and he doesn't care. 
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Thursday, November 6, 2025Justice X three = A win for Democrats In a microcosm of the national election results, a Democrat overcame Republican trickery to win a town judge seat in slightly upstate New York. Voters flipped the town board, too. 
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Sunday, November 2, 2025Gambling replacing alcohol for young adults Survey showing a significant decrease in alcohol consumption also shows a significant increase in gambling, especially among young adults, with the advent of legal sports betting. That's a problem. 
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Sunday, October 26, 2025Silence of the Republican lambs Republicans have sat by silently for 10 years while he has taken a wrecking ball to our nation. Their reasons don't matter anymore. Today they are him. 
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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. Page 1 of 21 First Last Back Next 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All |
