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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 705 week(s) and 1 day(s) 397 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 80 Comments, 0 Diaries, 4 Series, 0 Polls
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Friday, April 4, 2025Confessions of a curmudgeon Every business should have a resident curmudgeon on the payroll. 
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Monday, March 31, 2025Poor Elise, Trump loyalty only goes one way That landslide election victory? Not so much, apparently. 
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025So who signed the deportation order? Trump says he didn't sign it. That leaves several unsatisfactory options. 
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Thursday, March 20, 2025Rocks, hard places and Hackman Schumer's no choice "choice, Gene's legacy and Teslas on the White House lawn. 
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Monday, March 17, 2025Measles, markets and Musk Trying to catch up on Trump news, all bad, regarding measles, the stock market, and Mr. musk. 
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Thursday, March 13, 2025Ode to a windy day Just birds, trees and me, chillin' on a breezy day. Because. 
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025We have an official language? Inadvertently, Trump has improved our knowledge of English. 
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Sunday, March 9, 2025Ukraine and the Oval Office shakedown The staged Trump/Vance mob hit on the Ukrainian president stirred some strong emotions in me. And some memories. 
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Saturday, March 1, 2025Kings, puppets, whiskers, oh my! On recovering from a brief news blackout and discovering that Yankee ball players can now have beards. Also that Trump was king.
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Saturday, February 22, 2025Trump got one thing right, almost Both the Lincoln penny and the party of Lincoln are obsolete. 
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Saturday, February 15, 2025Note to Dems: Time to rally the troops I just want my Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and all the rest of the Democrats to take to the ramparts and use whatever weapons they have at their command to stop this dismantling of America. Go get Musk. 
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Friday, February 7, 2025Julian, Jackie, Jesse and Jimmy Lee My personal connections with Black History Month, which is definitely worth observing. 
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Sunday, February 2, 2025Not quite a fortnight, whew! A brief recap of Trump part two, week one: Firings, immigrant roundups, budget chaos and a fatal plane crash. And Ukraine is still at war. 
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Friday, January 31, 2025A pardon? No thanks; Recovery in action She said, "I'm a member of a 12-step group. I look at my behavior and when I'm wrong I admit it. I was wrong." Step 10. 
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025The dumbest thing in my life: II Well, turns out the 2016 election was only the second dumbest thing that has happened in my lifetime. The dumbest thing was electing him again. 
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Thursday, January 23, 2025Bannon vs. Musk in MAGA race war The crux of the fight between Trump's old sidekick/strategist and his new, much richer one, is which immigrants are acceptable to MAGA and which are not. 
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Sunday, January 19, 2025The news: Regrets and renaissance Maybe it's just me, but: He's obviously not going anywhere, so neither am I. 
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Saturday, January 18, 2025For 2025: Getting back to books When I'm reading -- books, not news articles or research for columns -- my life is simply more manageable. Less irritable. More enjoyable. 
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Monday, January 6, 2025Ok, it's time again for Dry January Given a myth-busting report that concludes that "no amount of alcohol" is ever good for your health, going dry or easing up on alcohol for a month sounds like a reasonable idea for anyone. 
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024Where are the protest songs? So these are apparently the times that try our souls, people. But I wonder, where are the songs of protest? We shall overcome sooner in harmony. Page 1 of 20 First Last Back Next 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All |
