Rhyme of the Addled Mariner

January 21st, 2026

By Bob Gaydos
One island is as good as another as long as you’ve got your health. There’s a Yiddish phrase for everything.

A Very Unpresidential Finger

January 19th, 2026

By Bob Gaydos
On a factory tour, Trump responded to a heckler with F-bombs and a middle finger. Not especially presidential, but typical Trump.

Take My Nobel and My Dignity, Please!

January 17th, 2026

By Bob Gaydos
Maria Corina Machado thought she could swap her Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela. She got Trumped.

Marjorie Taylor Greene and … Me?

January 13th, 2026

By Bob Gaydos
I have no idea why the Epstein files apparently brought the MAGA darling a moment of clarity, but I welcome it.

They Told You Not to Believe Your Eyes

January 8th, 2026

By Bob Gaydos
Her name was Renee Nicole Good. She died and your government killed her, then they lied.

A Quiet Walk Midst an Insurrection

January 6th, 2026

By Bob Gaydos
Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited an attack on the United States Capitol in an attempt to overthrow the legitimate election of Joe Biden as president. Trump has yet to be punished for the insurrection. It is a profound failure of our system of government

The ‘Peace’ President Goes to War

January 3rd, 2026

By Bob Gaydos
Invading Venezuela and kidnapping its president and his wife/adviser with no legitimate provocation and without consulting Congress is an illegitimate act of war.

Wishing and Predicting for 2026

December 31st, 2025

By Bob Gaydos
It’s that time of year. Time for. resolutions, wishes and some hopeful predictions.

Elise Stefanik says, ‘Enough!’

December 29th, 2025

By Bob Gaydos
Elise Stefanik learned the hard way that loyalty in a cult only flows in one direction, up to the leader.

The year Santa Claus brought the trains

December 24th, 2025

By Bob Gaydos
He opened the bedroom door and entered a world of light and laughter and clinking glasses and aunts and uncles and … trains! Trains! And tracks. And…!