John Gray
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FADE TO GRAY: This is Goodbye
After more than two decades writing a weekly column for this newspaper, this will be my last one. That my friends is what we in journalism call, “Not burying the lead.” If I’m lucky enough to call … → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: More civil than you think
At the risk of sounding like a jerk, I’m beginning to think the prerequisite for having your own talk show on television is the ability to display a healthy dose of arrogance and ignorance at the s… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Supreme Business
Well, this certainly has been a good week for Christians. First, the Supreme Court told officials in Maine that if you plan on having a school voucher program, religious schools cannot be excluded.… → Read More
Fade to Gray: Life of a columnist
For those of you who have never written a weekly column, I thought I’d share what it’s like. Before we get to that though, let me remind you how I came to writing this column more than twenty years… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: The ugly world of politics
I want to start this week by telling you a secret. Several years ago, my cell phone rang and a number appeared that I did not know. I don’t pick up calls like that, so it went to voice mail. It was… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Dear Graduate
It’s that time of the year again. Time for me to wax poetically about life and offer some sage advice to the young people walking across the stage to get a diploma. I’ve written these kinds of colu… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Stormy weather
When it comes to weather, I hate this time of the year. Not just for us in the Capital Region, but especially for the midwest, a place where so many tornados are born. It was the early 1950’s when … → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Start Somewhere
I’m a fan of the writer Aaron Sorkin, but have a bone to pick with him. Sorkin loves to take shots at this country. In almost every show he creates, he manages to get a few digs at America. Heck, t… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Gun sanity
I used to be a big sports fan, with football being my favorite. Every once in a while, while watching a game on TV, you’d see some idiot fan jump out of the stands and start running around field. I… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Truth about politics
I try not to write about politics or Washington too many weeks in a row, for fear I’ll send you scrambling for the extra-strength Tylenol. However, before we move on to other things, I feel the nee… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: A Supreme mess
At the risk of sounding like a know-it-all when it comes to Roe vs Wade and the Supreme Court; I told you so. About a year before Donald Trump shocked the media world and defeated Hillary Clinton, … → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Elon’s rescue mission
If you follow this column with any regularity, you know I’m a big fan of free speech and hate people being silenced. Even if we think they deserve it. A while back, a seemingly crazy man named Alex… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Being fair to landlords
I’ll tell you a secret. It has been one long, tough winter for the Gray family. Last summer we found a home we wanted to buy so we moved ahead and made an offer. Unlike so many other homebuyers of … → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Happy Easter
Let me start by saying, “Happy Easter.” For a non-Christian today is just a day to search for eggs and eat too many slices of ham. For those who believe, it’s the day that validates everything in o… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Remembering the Thruway bridge collapse
Back in 1987 if you were a reporter in the Capital Region, you learned to keep your phone turned on every Sunday morning. For reasons that cannot be explained, some of the biggest stories of the de… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Fun at the Oscars
I stopped watching the Academy Awards many years ago but not for the reason you might think. It wasn’t the constant politics being brought into the ceremony (which is annoying) but the simple fact … → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Learning from Michael J. Fox
Five years ago, I had a dream and decided to write a short story about it. The story turned into a book and now I’ve learned the book will become a made-for-television movie. But that’s not what I … → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Money talks
Imagine you’re the H.R. manager at your company and the boss comes into your office, closes the door and says, “I have my eye on this great new hire that could be a game-changer for us.” There’s ju… → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Cuomo 2.0
Twenty-seven years ago, actor Hugh Grant had, what I think even Job from the Bible would describe as, a very bad day. Grant went to see a private screening of his big box office film “Nine Months” … → Read More
FADE TO GRAY: Cuomo 2.0
Twenty-seven years ago, actor Hugh Grant had, what I think even Job from the Bible would describe as, a very bad day. Grant went to see a private screening of his big box office film “Nine Months” … → Read More