By Bob Gaydos
It has been said that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. Well then, screaming about the need for changes in gun laws and repeatedly voting for people obviously opposed to them — paid to oppose them — is a form of insanity.

By Bob Gaydos
I made a pledge a few years ago to honor John F. Kennedy, not on the date he died, but on the date he was born, May 29, a date I share with him. Here’s to hope.

By Bob Gaydos
It’s not unthinkable that a teenager whose social life revolves around alcohol has asked himself or herself if, just maybe, drinking is becoming a problem.

By Bob Gaydos
Two men with ties to Orange County, N.Y., made historic headlines in the same week recently. Neither was something to celebrate.

By Bob Gaydos
Firing squads in South Carolina, “mercy” deaths in Ohio, a movie set shooting in New Mexico and two brave politicians. Our world.

By Bob Gaydos
Despite a landmark moment, there was yet another sign that the people running the game have lost all sense of what once made baseball America’s pastime. Kissing off a possible perfect game is … not baseball.

By Bob Gaydos
Yes, I’m talking about Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Vasily Petrovych Goloborodko, “The Servant of the People.” The Ukrainian TV show’s first season is streaming on Netflix. Fascinating.

By Bob Gaydos
All the news in 500 words or less. More or less.

By Bob Gaydos
Researchers cited the stress and restrictions imposed by Covid, along with the difficulty of accessing recovery programs and the absence of in-person support networks as major contributors to a 25 percent increase in alcohol-related deaths in 2020.

By Bob Gaydos
With all the grim news in the world, baseball decision-makers blew a golden opportunity to grab some attention and provide some stress relief with positive, non-confrontational news., Instead, they shut down the game. It was a bad time to play moneyball.