By Bob Gaydos
The year drew to an end with major announcements in publishing, baseball and politics, but more of the same from the GOP.

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…!

By Bob Gaydos
When Tommy Devito wanted to play quarterback in the NFL, he took a shot and got hired as a walk on with the New York Giants. When Rudy Giuliani wanted to be president, he skipped a couple of primaries, decided he didn’t need a platform and abruptly dropped out. Timing.

By Bob Gaydos
“No thank you” is a complete sentence and perfectly acceptable answer. It should not require any further explanation. “One drink won’t hurt you” is a dangerously ill-informed reply. The same goes for, “A few butter cookies won’t hurt. C’mon, it’s Christmas.” Or, “Get the dress, Put it on your credit card. You’ll feel better.” Not really.

By Bob Gaydos
This past week, five prominent figures in American society died, one after another, and it seemed, at least to me, that the dots were literally screaming to be connected: Charles T. Munger, 99; Rosalynn Carter, 99; Henry Kissinger, 100; Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, and Norman Lear, 101.

By Bob Gaydos
With Christmas and New Year’s revelry still to come, it may be a good time for anyone wondering about his or her drinking behavior to take a self-assessment.

By Bob Gaydos
The Supreme Court and some geniuses promoting artificial intelligence both insist they are bound by ethical codes of conduct. They’re just having trouble proving it.

By Bob Gaydos
What did we lose at Dealey Plaza? Certainly, whatever innocence we still possessed. The wind was sucked from our sails as a nation and our domestic politics have slowly and steadily deteriorated into such partisanship that is virtually impossible for any president to speak to the minds and hearts of a majority of Americans the way Kennedy did.

By Bob Gaydos
The Curtis Granderson shirt my son, Zack, gave me quite a few years ago, finally fits. The good news for me was revealed by good news for Granderson. Synchronicity.

By Bob Gaydos
Trump is simply a menace to democracy and doesn’t belong anywhere near the White House again. The facts and his daily statements make that abundantly clear to a majority of Americans. Unfortunately, none of his Republican “challengers” is willing to say that.