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Appreciation of art in the city of big shoulders
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
I was in Chicago with time on my hands and the sweet woman murmured to me — you know how this goes — “Would you like to see the Art Institute?” and I was thinking No No No God No, and I said, “Sure. Fine.” “You wouldn’t rather do something else?” she said. “No,” I replied. That’s the correct answer when a woman asks you about art. Yes, absolutely, ma cherie. Read story
Republican senators need exchange of peace
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009
There are some things we will never understand. Death, for one. I overheard a woman in the drugstore say, “He went in to the hospital yesterday and he was eating his supper and then he fell asleep and then he died. I don’t get it.”
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Life’s variety pack of people, places and things
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
It costs $722 to fly from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Bismarck, N.D., and you can fly from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Paris for $754. Life is unfair; we all know this. Big prizes go to mediocrities while you struggle on, unappreciated. The righteous suffer while the wicked prosper. Read story
When the tough really should get going home
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009
The former Marine officer Matthew Hoh, who resigned his Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and not worth dying for, deserves all the attention he’s gotten and more. Read story
More Columns by Garrison Keillor
- Coffee with an old grumbler in a dark mood
- Petulance, presence and the Nobel Peace Prize
- Even Republicans deserve quality health care
- Culture wars keep U.S. stuck in the shallows
- Rage is all the rage out there in Politicsland
- ‘Nice 67 y.o. male’ has brush with mortality
- Vetting the pet projects in the health care issue
- United Kingdom, a place where right is right
- A postcard from the back of the airport line
- The swashbucklers of the new media world
- What do golf and the arts have in common?
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Appreciation of art in the city of big shoulders
I was in Chicago with time on my hands and the sweet woman murmured to me — you know how this goes — “Would you like to see the Art Institute?” and I was thinking No No No God No, and I said, “Sure. Fine.” “You wouldn’t rather do something else?” she said. “No,” I replied. That’s the correct answer when a woman asks you about art. Yes, absolutely, ma cherie. Read story
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I recently received this note from a past “youth” involved at Youth for Christ. We recently had our annual banquet with more than 400 people in attendance, for which we are very grateful; this is one more Youth for Christ story we want to share with your readers. Read story
