February 16th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
Trump’s right, the penny is obsolete. But so is the Republican Party.
Tags: Bob Gaydos, budget, Congress, deficit, Elon, Liz Cheney, Mint, obsolete, penny, president, Republicans, trump
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February 12th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
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.
Tags: ACLU, Bob Gaydos, Constitution, Courts, Democracy, Democrats, DNC, First Amendment, Freedom, media, Musk, New York, Republicans, rights, Schumer, SPLC, trump, voter, Wall Street
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February 5th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
My encounters with Black History over the years.
Tags: baseball, Binghamton, Black History Month, BobGaydos, Brooklyn, civil rights, Ellenville, Jackie Robinson, Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Lee Bruce, Julian Bond, Martin Luther King Jr., Matt McHugh, Maude Bruce, Middletown, NAACP, Southern Poverty Law Center, Sun/Bulletin, Times Herald-Record
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January 31st, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
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.
Tags: BobGaydos, budget, Colombia, condoms, DEI, eggs, FAA, Greenland, ICE, immigrants, Kennedy, Mexico, Pardons, plane crash, Potomac, trump, Ukraine, White House
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January 29th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
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.
Tags: 10th Step, 12-step, AA, addiction, alcohol, amends, Bob Gaydos, Capitol, cult, election, Hemphill, insurrection, Jan. 6, Lies, MAGA, pardon, recovery, sober, trump
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January 25th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
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.
Tags: 2017, 2025, accident, bigotry, Bishop, BobGaydos, Budde, cathedral, Dumb, Inauguration, mistake, reading, Republicans, Tom Wolfe, trump
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January 17th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
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.
Tags: Americans, Asian, Bannon, big tech, immigrants, Inauguration, jobs, MAGA, Musk, racist, South Africa, trump, White House
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January 13th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
Maybe it’s just me, but: He’s obviously not going anywhere, so neither am I. Welcome back Rachel Maddow and Notre Dame.
Tags: Bezos, Bob Gaydos, canada, Carter, Drones, FDR, felon, football, Garland, Greenland, immunity, Inauguration, JFK, jobs, Maddow, Merchan, Musk, New York, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Panama, Paris, Supreme Court, trump, Wall Street
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January 6th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
When I’m reading — books, not news articles or research for columns — my life is simply more manageable. Less irritable. More enjoyable.
Tags: Bob Gaydos, books, Farlekas, Herald Tribune, Kruger, Larry Tye, Middletown, new year's resolutions, New York, Satchel Paige
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January 3rd, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
Given a myth-busting report which 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.
Tags: AA, alcohol, alcoholic, disorder, drinking, health, Honest, Mocktails, NIAAA, Sobriety, stigma, trouble, withdrawal
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