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Bravo, Democracy, Up with the Underdog!
by Garrison Keillor
(July 3, 2025)
This is the beauty of democracy, it’s an art and not a science, and sometimes it speaks clearly…
An Evening in the Berkshires
by Garrison Keillor
(June 26, 2025)
I did a show at Tanglewood in the Berkshires Saturday night, a big crowd on a beautiful day, and just before intermission someone told me that we had gone to war against Iran …
The Link Between Language and Gunshots
by Garrison Keillor
(June 23, 2025)
Fear is the favored force of evil, causing public officials to feel targeted, to see shadows in the hall, imagine the glint of gun barrels, back away from their principles.…
Sunday Aftrnoon Alone in the Apirpot
by Garrison Keillor
(May 22, 2025)
Despite my dumb mistakes, I believe in progress…
The Powerful Drumming of Graduation
by Garrison Keillor
(May 15, 2025)
unintelligible, not so much'English as the burbling of pigeons and chittering of squirrels, with words like 'journey,' ''accomplishments,''discovery,' and 'curiosity'” and the whole sentences I heard might’ve been composed by an older AI-powered speechbot
Stating the Case as Simply as Possible
by Garrison Keillor
(May 8, 2025)
The man is a gross insult to every living American citizen, he has made us a nation of nincompoops in the eyes of the world, and yet most of his voters are still behind him…
Thie is a Great Country
by Garrison Keillor
(May 1, 2025)
The American people are among the kindest on God’s green earth. If you think otherwise, you really need to get out more often and look around…
A Happy Man Out for a Drive
by Garrison Keillor
(April 24, 2025)
We used to drive around with a big roa' map spread out and yell, 'I told you to turn west a half mile ago, ya dummy,” and now a robolady is our navigator directing us in gentle tones and road trips are more enjoyable. ic …
What I Go to Church For
by Garrison Keillor
(April 17, 2025)
I am part of the shrinking population of churchgoers and I sympathize with my neighbors who prefer to sleep late on Sunday, drink coffee in their pajamas, read the Times and bitch about the stupidity in high places…
A Few Words from an Elderly Uncle
by Garrison Keillor
(April 10, 2025)
Some readers have called my writing 'garbage,' but that's literary criticism and I don't take it personally. Same with 'I used to like your writing back when you were funny': each person is the judge of funny/unfunny…
What I Saw Sunday in New York
by Garrison Keillor
(March 20, 2025)
We hiked down Amsterdam Avenue to a lunch place and ordered breakfast and had a very amiable time. Tom and Jean, it turned out, are Catholics so they'd come to my Episcopal church as tourists, and we started telling Catholic jokes…
Another Executive Order from me
by Garrison Keillor
(March 13, 2025)
The world wonders: 'What will satisfy the man?'' A presidential order requiring Bill Clinton to shine his shoes? The man is ambitious. Will we own the Gulf of America or can other countries use it?…
On the Road to Roanoke
by Garrison Keillor
(March 6, 2025)
They laughed when I said, "Canada can.t be our 51st state! It has no South! You can't have America without a South. You need bluegrass, the blues, country, gospe"…
Sunday Morning, So Help Me, God
by Garrison Keillor
(February 27, 2025)
I walked into church thinking about deadlines and the news and my aged ailing pals and I walk out into the sunshine, feeling shaken, raised up, grateful for the love of God and the people around me. I wish you'd come with me smetime…
Living the Present, a Day at a Time
by Garrison Keillor
(February 6, 2025)
I remember a day fifty years ago when I had lunch with my hero S.J. Perelman in Minneapolis when he was to give a reading and I was to introduce him. I was stunned by admiration for his writing…
A Wonderful Night in Lubbock
by Garrison Keillor
(January 30, 2025)
I love the old hymns, face-to-face friendliness, good manners, the limerick, a walk in the park…
One More Day, One More Airport
by Garrison Keillor
(January 23, 2025)
Makes me wonder about what I've been telling you. Which is true, which is false. I leave it to you, I gotta plane to catch…
A Good Man Gone to Glory
by Garrison Keillor
(January 18, 2025)
Jimmy Carter's trademark was honesty, and as a boy I managed to avoid that as well. When people asked me, "How are you?" I said, "Fine." "How is school?" "Good." Telling the truth only led to more questions…
It's Never Too Late to be Normal
by Garrison Keillor
(January 11, 2025)
As I proceed through my eighties, I go back to a Minnesota point of view: life is complicated, take it one day at a time, the urge to be top dog is not a useful ambition, be grateful for what you have and learn to cherish your portion…
Texas is a Real Education
by Garrison Keillor
(January 5, 2025)
Thanks to the highly selective teaching of history, I grew up a patriotic optimist before the era of resentful billionaires…