By Bob Gaydos
Bernie Sanders is the only candidate in either party who is genuine. When he speaks, I believe him. Millions believe him, because he has no hidden agenda, he is beholden to no one.

By Bob Gaydos
The “virtual tie” was a statement for Bernie Sanders against the establishment — Democratic Party and major media.

By Bob Gaydos
If you can only do one exercise, I’m told, squats are the one to do because they work so many different muscles. The added muscle strength helps protect against injury from falls. Squats also improve balance, which decreases the likelihood of falls. For the record, one-third of those over the age of 65 fall each year and falls are the leading cause of death due to injury among seniors.

By Bob Gaydos
I don’t understand how longtime Republicans have let a super-conservative, ultra-religious, anti-science, anti-education, anti-government, anti-fact fringe element take control of their party without managing so much as a murmur of disagreement.

By Bob Gaydos
If $15 an hour is the minimum that fast-food workers need to live in New York without depending on other assistance, it certainly is a fair minimum wage for all workers in the state. Governor Cuomo is right.

By Bob Gaydos
What was billed as a presidential debate last week turned out to be an all-out misogynistic effort to cast women as second-class citizens, or less.

By Bob Gaydos
One of the knocks on Clinton has always been that she seems to feel entitled, that she should get people’s votes just because she is Hillary. That she should be New York’s senator just because. That she should be the first woman president of the United States just because.

By Bob Gaydos
George Pataki says he’s a Republican. If that’s so, it’s not any kind of Republican that Americans have been exposed to in the 21st century. The Grand Old Party in 2015, has lost its mind and sold its soul. The onetime Party of Lincoln today is not even the Party of Ford.

By Michael Kaufman
Apparently his idea of an “open dialogue” is a survey with questions that are meant to seem important but are actually meaningless, irrelevant, or loaded, e.g., written in such a way as to elicit a particular response.

By Michael Kaufman
Residents of the Mid-Hudson Valley will have a rare opportunity Thursday night to meet and speak with Iyad Burnat of the West Bank village of Bil’in, whose story is documented in the award-winning film “Five Broken Cameras.”