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.
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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.
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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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April 27th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
Combine Trump‘s addiction to lying, his television background, questions about the first assassination attempt and his odd comments about his ballroom, conspiracy theories were inevitable following recent events at the Washington, D.C. Hilton.
Tags: 60 Minutes, assassination, ballroom, conspiracy, correspondents, DC, fake, Hilton, Nora O’Donnell, Secret Service, shooting, trump, Washington, White House
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April 24th, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
The Southern Poverty Law Center fights against white supremacist groups, who are Trump‘s boots on the ground in American towns. That’s why the Justice Department is targeting the civil rights group.
Tags: attorney general, Blanche, Bob Gaydos, FBI, hate groups, informants, Justice Department, KKK, Patel, Southern Poverty Law Center, trump, white supremacist
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April 22nd, 2026
By Bob Gaydos
I think times have changed and it’s time for a change in what Schumer’s saying and how he’s saying it. Nobody’s listening.
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