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Thanksgiving Turkey Trivia
by James N. Watkins
(November 15, 2024)
Do you have nothing better to do with your time than to read worthless trivia? Then, you'll be enriched by our educational special report on Melgris Gallopavos…
Happiness and the Price of Groceries
by Garrison Keillor
(November 7, 2024)
love mac and cheese because I loved grade school back in the Fifties and that’s what Mabel served in the Benson School cafeteria…
What It's All About, I Think
by Garrison Keillor
(October 31, 2024)
It's a revolt by Middle America against the coasts, old against young, commoners against college, evangelicals against agnostics, McDonald's against pad thai…
My Life Story (Short Version)
by Garrison Keillor
(October 24, 2024)
I performed at Goshen College and got the audience to sing 'It Is Well with My Soul' and suddenly it was better with my soul than it had been in a long time. I have canoed in the Boundary Waters wilderness and slept on a beach and listened to the loons&he
Waiting for a Cab One Night
by Garrison Keillor
(October 17, 2024)
It was a dramatic sight, a lone person fallen in the midst of a busy scene in a huge city and you could see the alarm in the faces of the people in the taxi line: there but for the grace of God go I…
Hugging is a Habit in the Apple Capital
by Garrison Keillor
(October 10, 2024)
Here I am in Wenatchee, Washington, the Apple Capital of the World, on the Columbia River in the Cascades, being clutched to people's bosoms. Apparently they consider me a friend…
A Report on My Trip to Fargo
by Garrison Keillor
(October 3, 2024)
The people at the airport were having a party out of affection for their uncles and brothers, and that’s a sweet thing. But I saw some ancient vets in wheelchairs who seemed confused by the cheering and a little worried about finding a ride home…
The Great Chicken Conspiracy
by Stu Johnson
(September 28, 2024)
Getting a new barbecue grill exposed a grocery store conspiracy…
A Fine Night in York Pennsylvanie
by Garrison Keillor
(September 26, 2024)
Pennsylvania is in a tough spot, as a big swing state. . . whhen the state is called, the side it votes for will figure, 'Well of course, but why such a narrow margin' and the other side will despise them and never buy another Hershey's bar…
My View on Journalism if Your're Interested
by Garrison Keillor
(September 19, 2024)
My friends, the Washington Post is in Washington to uncover corruption, malfeasance, ineptitude, and outright dishonesty—not to publish photos of Zion National Park and tell me how to spark joy in my life or cover unusual wildlife in rural Iowa…
What Would Jesus Say to a Church Divided by Politics?
by James N. Watkins
(September 13, 2024)
Jim first posted this in October 2020, but the message remains just as relevant today…
A Little Talk About Close Neighbors
by Garrison Keillor
(September 12, 2024)
A summer house is for relaxation, it isn't to demonstrate craftsmanship. You are supposed to sit on the porch and read Proust, you are not supposed to create a home that Proust would've envied…
My Most Important Message in Forty Years
by James N. Watkins
(September 6, 2024)
All my conference keynotes condensed into one essential talk
Flying West for a Look See
by Garrison Keillor
(September 5, 2024)
I'm nobody who'd be intending to blow up a plane or demand that it fly me to Iran. No, I'd only hijack a plane so I could grab a microphone and lead the passengers in song…
Looking Ahead Down the Road a Ways
by Garrison Keillor
(August 29, 2024)
And then, once more, America will need to deal with the delicate issue of what to do with historical relics from shameful periods of the past…
The Beauitful Winding Road of August
by Garrison Keillor
(August 22, 2024)
According to the actuarial tables I am coming within sight of the end of my life, so why do I feel I am just hitting my stride?…
It is Never Too Late to Learn a Lesson
by Garrison Keillor
(August 15, 2024)
I, for one, have been on a tour doing a one-man show and having a great time until last week in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, after a dinner of six oysters on the half shell, clam chowder, and a lobster roll…
God is On Our Side...and Theirs
by James N. Watkins
(August 2, 2024)
America has always been more 'un-united' than 'United' during my lifetime…
Finally, Democrats Have a Good Week
by Garrison Keillor
(August 1, 2024)
A miracle has happened: Democrats became a party united in happiness, something we are unaccustomed to…
Even Prisners Need a Vacation Now and Then
by Garrison Keillor
(July 25, 2024)
I started performing in my thirties for the usual reason, to be the center of attention, but now I hope to be useful. The country is in peril. Most people know this and don't need me to tell them.…