Garrison Keillor

Page 1 of 12 oldest ⇒
Why Mother's Day?
Because you entered this cold world causing her more pain than she thought possible and now she won't ever give up on you.
Remember when it was fun to fly?
As we inched through the airport security line, I seemed to be the only one grinding my teeth. Would anyone have defended me if I'd spoken up to the shirts?
Freedom is hard work
Sometimes it's a relief to put on clean clothes every morning and be in an office by 9 and feel like part of a team.
Those Delta blues
In my youth, I longed to fly away to the edge of the world and I knew Northwest would take me there. Now it's being devoured by Delta.
The urge to compete
No one wants to be a loser, but you don't have to be first in line. There is grace afoot in the world and it will find you.
Theirs not to reason why
What's mysterious to civilians about the military is the Semper Fi part, the discipline to carry out a mission about which you're deeply skeptical.
Poor America
Blame our financial woes on poor spellers, like the intellectual charity case in the White House.
Thinking weaselish thoughts at Eastertide
Holy Week is a good time to ask: Do we really believe or do we just like to hang out with nice people and listen to organ music?
My San Francisco buzz
Feeling old and in the way, I revived my spirits among the beautiful young wired generation out West.
Papa or the whiz kid brother?
It's time to get out of the political boneyard where old hacks sit grinding their gums over the burning questions of 1968.
Zero visibility on Highway 52
Why do people complain about winter, which is really quite magnificent?
Out of great suffering comes beauty
Saginaw, Mich., might be sagging but we can admire it for producing poet and teacher Theodore Roethke, and for preserving his boyhood home.
Time to start over
The American people are looking for a change this year, and so am I.
We're failing our kids
No Child Left Behind has plenty of flaws, but throwing it out because it's a Republican plan is morally disgusting.
Sicko
What can the presidential candidates, and Ben Bernanke, for that matter, do about my lousy cold?
Give us the lash, Mitt
All you presidential hopefuls sound like you're campaigning for student council at a Quaker high school. Start slinging that mud!
Women need johns
Get with it, architects: Public buildings need more toilet equality.
Just follow the map
Stranded, unloved or unsure, the cure is to drive west with the window rolled down, the radio playing -- the whole deal.
All I need for Christmas
A big orange and some fresh pine boughs and "Silent Night." A few details bring back a snowy night in Minnesota years ago.
The meaning of Christmas
In which Bob and Carol Cratchit, on a holiday cruise, are visited by Scrooge's ghost.
Away in an awesome manger
The Nativity story is a cornerstone of the Christian faith but can be a big hurdle for a bunch of skeptical New York teenagers.
The next big thing
Americans are a restless tribe, never afraid to pick up and fly away.
Why I didn't invest in subprime mortgages
Something in me resists the idea of big profits, windfalls, bonanzas. In my field there are no great leaps -- it's one sentence at a time.
God bless cellphones
There are times when a man craves a bit of unguarded small talk, without glomming onto a stranger. That's when I pull out my mobile.
The raven has flown
I've missed out on Halloween, my only chance to open my beak and screech a prophetic message, "Nevermore!"
Page 1 of 12    oldest ⇒

Daily Newsletter

Get Salon in your mailbox!