Gayle McQueary

Oct 24, 2024 | stream.org | Gayle McQueary |Tom Sileo |Al Perrotta |Lael Arrington

Happy Thursday! Today’s Brew is being poured by guest barista Gayle McQueary, and we start with some used — but tasty! — grounds from yesterday’s social media feed. The Hits Keep Coming and Falling FlatThe Atlantic’s recent hit piece on former President Donald Trump — disparaging him as a dictator who has a “disdain for America’s military” — is getting blowback from the family of Vanessa Guillen, whom the article references.

Oct 5, 2024 | stream.org | Al Perrotta |Tom Sileo |Gayle McQueary

With all the dark and shady news of the world, we often like to take a walk on the Sunny Side of The Stream. Hope Over Decades: A Wondrous DiscoveryOn February 21, 1951, Luis Armando Albino was kidnapped while playing in a city park in Oakland, California — lured away, according to his older brother, by a woman wearing a bandanna. Despite a desperate search, for decades there was no trace of Luis. However, his mother never gave up believing her boy was alive.

Sep 29, 2024 | stream.org | John Zmirak |Barb Roose |John Amanchukwu |Gayle McQueary

Throughout the year you’ll see lots of parades put on by various cultural communities, especially if you live near a big city. In the Boston area there’s a Puerto Rican parade, a Chinese New Year parade, an Irish St. Patrick’s Day parade, Caribbean carnival parade, Italian parade – just to name a few. Almost all of these are accompanied by a festival. These festivals mostly include food, or souvenirs, maybe some musical or dance acts, etc.

Sep 3, 2024 | stream.org | Gayle McQueary |Tom Sileo |Frank Kaufmann |Albin Sadar

You’ve probably heard, ad nauseam that the 2020 presidential election was the “most secure” in history. How do we know that? Did voting machines change? Were software upgrades put in place to protect against malware? Will 2024 be just as secure? We’re not trying to be pessimistic about Election Day 2024; these are genuine questions to ask heading into November 5. Why?

May 27, 2024 | stream.org | Gayle McQueary |Tom Sileo |Al Perrotta |Jennifer Hartline

By Gayle McQueary Published on May 27, 2024 https://stream.org/wp-content/uploads/GeneralFlynn_GM2.mp3Recently, Stream Senior Editor John Zmirak wrote an early review for the new documentary Flynn — a powerful film about a name you know you know.