June 12th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Trump scheduled a martial arts brawl on the White House lawn for his birthday, which also happens to be the birth date of Old Glory. We’ll stick with Flag Day, thank you.
Tags: 250, America, army, First Amendment, flag day, June 14, martial arts, Philadelphia, Stars and Stripes, trump, White House
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June 10th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded 91 years ago on the simple principle of one drunk telling another how he stayed sober.
Tags: 12-step, AA, addiction, Akron, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, Big Book, Bill Wilson, Bob Gaydos, Cornwall, Dr. Bob, Library of Congress, Oxford Group, recovery, sober
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June 7th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Trump is going to New York City to mess up the party as New York Knicks fans root for a possible NBA championship. Pure Trump.
Tags: 250th, America, basketball, black squirrel, good luck, Knicks, Madison Square Garden, NBA, New York City, trump, White House
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June 4th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Donald Trump loves the sound of his name. He loves to slap it on anything that doesn’t move. He had a bad day at the name game a few days ago.
Tags: Fed, Jerome Powell, JFK, Kennedy, Kennedy Center, Minnesota, Name, Plaza Hotel, president, Profiles in Courage, PT-109, Pulitzer, trump, Twin Cities
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June 2nd, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Still waiting for a prayer to be answered.
Tags: Bob Gaydos, Clarence Thomas, Hades, Hamas, ICE, Left Behind, MAGA, Musk, Noem, Orpheus, Project 2025, Putin, Rapture, trump, Vance, Venezuela
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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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