By Bob Gaydos
Under Trump, the real, the true, the factual, the serious business of life has become demonized and trivialized to the point that everything is treated as a reality TV show and millions of Americans are hooked.

By Bob Gaydos
The silence persists from McCain’s Republican colleagues in Congress about a White House aide joking about him dying. Having compassion is a dangerous trait in this White House. In the Republican Party, which can’t bring itself to say Donald Trump was a mistake, compassion has long ago been discarded.

By Bob Gaydos
I’m glad Pine Bush now has a juice bar to go with its UFO parade and spectacular view on its list of “cool things.” I think it’s more important than ever to be fit in body, mind and spirit these days and what’s good for the body is good for the soul.

By Bob Gaydos
This surely is the worst Cabinet and sub-Cabinet in modern U.S. history, perhaps all time. It is a perfect reflection of Trump, all con, all greed and incredibly cruel to boot.

By Bob Gaydos
There is no shame in the White House. So, too, with the Republican Party as it bows at the feet of Trump. There is no shame. No sense of decency.

By Bob Gaydos
Maybe even a small thing like a shared women’s hockey team team is better for all Koreans than constant talk about missiles and nuclear weapons.

By Bob Gaydos
This is not simply a revolution about sexual predation. As I see it, it is an awakening, a moment of clarity, a realization that what was does not have to continue to be.

By Bob Gaydos
Democrats need to take Gillibrand and women’s issues — including Bernie Sanders’ key issue, economic equality — seriously. They are all connected to the issue of men using power to “keep women in their place.”

By Bob Gaydos
It is #metoo and the rapid recognition of millions of women of the political power that is theirs, waiting to be harnessed, not exploited, that has placed Gillibrand at what may be a pivotal place in history.

By Bob Gaydos
To celebrate the 225th anniversary of its founding, the Mint has initiated a series of gold coins depicting Lady Liberty as different ethnicities. Following the first symbolic African-American woman to grace a United States coin, will come Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Indian-American figures, to reflect “the cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States,” the Mint said. How did he ever miss that?