September 11th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
In the words of cartoonist, Walt Kelly, “We have met the enemy and he is us.“
Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, America, Bob Gaydos, Congress, FBI, Giuliani, Iraq, Middletown, Muslim, press, Republican, terrorist, Times Herald-Record, trump, Twin Towers, White House, white supremacist, World Trade Center
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September 9th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
Trump never misses an opportunity to do the more outrageous, stupid, harmful, arrogant, selfish, petty, cruel, illegal and ultimately absurd thing when given the opportunity.
Tags: apocalypse now, Bob Gaydos, Chicago, Dementia, Deportation, drugs, Epstein, Hanks, homeless, National Guard, peace, trump, Venezuela, vigil, war, West Point, White House, windmills
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September 4th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
It is long past time for victims of sexual assault to have their allegations believed, by people in positions of power to do something about it as well as by the public in general.
Tags: Bob Gaydos, Capitol, Congress, End Violence Against Women, Epstein, Epstein files, House, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Maxwell, Republican, sexual assault, Start by believing, trafficking, trump
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August 31st, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
Everyone saw it coming, yet no one saw it coming. Those who warned about the risks of AI were simply ignored or shouted down. Some just disappeared.
Tags: AI, Artificial intelligence, Bob Gaydos, computers, Greed, holiday, humans, jobs, Labor Day, robots, unions, Work
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August 27th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
Having the National Guard collecting garbage in D.C. is an insult to everyone wearing those uniforms and who has ever worn those uniforms. Par for the course for Trump.
Tags: army, Bob Gaydos, Capitol, citizens, crime, D.C., January 6, Kent State, military, National Guard, Oval Office, police, Republicans, trump, Washington, White House
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August 25th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
Music, baseball, news. Nothing‘s quite the same. Not necessarily for the better.
Tags: Ahmad Jamal, baseball, Bethel, Binghamton, Bob Gaydos, brothers, Carly Simon, Catskills, Clancy, Doobie Brothers, Harry Belafonte, James Taylor, Middletown, Newspapers, Ray Charles, reading, Santana, Tony Bennett, Woods, Woodstock
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August 19th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
Clearly, registered Democrats in the city are comfortable with their choice of Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor. Also clearly, establishment Democrats, party leaders, are not.
Tags: Adams, Bob Gaydos, Cuomo, Democrats, establishment, fascism, Gillibrand, Mamdani, mayor, New York City, Republicans, Schumer, Socialism, trump
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August 16th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
It’s obvious that Trump is totally lost in diplomatic relations and has been a Putin puppet for years.
Tags: Alaska, Bob Gaydos, ceasefire, peace, Putin, Russia, Summit, trump, Ukraine, Zelensky
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August 13th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
Calling up the Guard or meeting Putin in Alaska, doesn’t matter. The Epstein files just won’t go away
Tags: Alaska, crime, Epstein files, FBI, homeless, Kent State, National Guard, peace, policing, Putin, rape, Russia, Seward’s Folly, trump, Ukraine, Washington DC, Zelinsky
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August 10th, 2025
By Bob Gaydos
How a word game can breed frustration and inspiration.
Tags: Adelphi, Bob Gaydos, enjambment, Google, New york Times, Poets, Spelling Bee, verse
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