May 29th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
A not-so-chance discovery of a small book a few years ago explained Donald Trump in an instant. He just makes it up as he goes along. There’s still no comfort in knowing.
Tags: Bob Gaydos, bullshit, Harry Frankfurt, Liar, Maureen Dowd, NY Times, philosophy, phony, Princeton, synchronicity, trump
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May 29th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Synchronicity has connected me with JFK, beginning with our shared birth date, May 29. I honor his memory today.
Tags: assassinated, Bob Gaydos, CUba, editorial, JFK, John Kennedy, Khrushchev, Middletown, Peace Corps, president, Times Herald-Record
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May 23rd, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
When you’re a very important man, like Donald Trump, sometimes your family doesn’t come first. Even for a son’s wedding.
Tags: Bahamas, Bettina Anderson, Castro, CUba, Don Trump Jr., Epstein, Hudson Valley, Iran, slush fund, trump, wedding
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May 21st, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Not a poem. But a heartfelt plea for poetic justice.
Tags: Bob Gaydos, Capitol, Clarence Thomas, Congress, cowards, Jan. 6, Justice, MAGA, media, overthrow, Poetry, Republicans, slush fund, taxes, trump
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May 18th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
It’s almost gooseberry season. Time to relearn about the berries, the bush and the thorns.
Tags: banned, blister rust, construction, Cornell, Currants, Disease, German, gooseberries, New York, pine, pruning, thorns, white pine
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May 15th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Trump went to China, Rudy went to Hell and back and Cuba went off the grid. A busy two days.
Tags: Bob Gaydos, Castro, China, communist, CUba, Giuliani, Iran, oil, Taiwan, trump, Xi
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May 10th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
A daily dose of the day’s news growing up, courtesy of my mom, had a subtle, but profound, impact on my life.
Tags: Adelphi, Annapolis, Anne Sokol Gaydos, Bayonne, Bayonne Times, Binghamton, Bob Gaydos, Cornell, Daily News, Herald Tribune, Jersey Journal, journalist, Middletown, Mother's Day, Newspapers
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May 8th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Sometimes a simple “Thank you” will suffice.
Tags: advice, age, baseball, Bob Gaydos, coins, curmudgeon, elders, etiquette, gold, Mattingly, Phillies, prediction markets, Red Sox, Senate, thank you, U.S. Mint
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May 5th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Trump wants to speed up federal executions. In the most dramatic way possible, of course.
Tags: capital punishment, death penalty, dignity, electrocution, executions, firing squad, gas chamber, Justice Department, Lawyers, lethal injection, murder, trump
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May 2nd, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Some serendipitous advice on living life. Pay attention.
Tags: birds, Bob Gaydos, Brendan Coyne, living life, Maurice Sendak, May Day, old age, social media, strike, Times Herald-Record, trump, Workers
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