Some people thrive on the predictable, others keep rewriting their lives. A healthy society needs both
By Garrison Keillor Nov 3, 2009
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Still lifes of flowers? Why bother. The true calling of an artist is to paint the naked female form
By Garrison Keillor
November 17, 2009
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The way to fight Republicans is to make them think you like them. It'll scare them into passing the thing
By Garrison Keillor
November 10, 2009
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We don't admire quitters, but no one wants to be the last person to believe in a mission, either
By Garrison Keillor
October 27, 2009
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That's why I seek out the young and ebullient. They don't worry about interest rates because they have no savings
By Garrison Keillor
October 20, 2009
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Praying the country will slip into chaos, to make Obama look bad, is not a good place for a political party to be
By Garrison Keillor
October 14, 2009
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Even people who oppose regulation and don't mind manufacturing hamburger contaminated by E. coli deserve healthcare
By Garrison Keillor
October 7, 2009
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Let them make do with aspirin and hand sanitizer. Meanwhile, the money we save will pay off the deficit
By Garrison Keillor
September 30, 2009
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It's as American as rock 'n' roll, but there's a price for being an angry jerk
By Garrison Keillor
September 23, 2009
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It was pretty clear how lucky I was to be walking out of that hospital relatively unscathed
By Garrison Keillor
September 16, 2009
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Want empathy? Send weepy pet parents to town hall meetings waving photos of kittycats in need of new kidneys
By Garrison Keillor
September 2, 2009
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A few puffs of smoke from the other side and you're ready for martyrdom? Get a grip
By Garrison Keillor
August 26, 2009
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Like many an English major, I go to the motherland for the language. I am never disappointed
By Garrison Keillor
August 19, 2009
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Millions of people have discovered the joys of seeing yourself in print. Unfortunately, no one's making a dime
By Garrison Keillor
August 12, 2009
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It takes great nerve to sustain a career, and at the death of Merce Cunningham at age 90, we must stand in awe
By Garrison Keillor
July 29, 2009
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Part of me wants to crack down on speeders and cellphone users but I also long for the freedom of the open highway
By Garrison Keillor
July 22, 2009
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I wish the guy who screamed at me for merging in front of him could spare some rage for Dick Cheney
By Garrison Keillor
July 15, 2009
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What's good for the drug companies may not be so good for the hapless pedestrian
By Garrison Keillor
July 8, 2009
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Come on, people, it's not that hard to make. Do you really think we can't tell the difference?
By Garrison Keillor
July 1, 2009
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Is solitude such a terrible thing to wish for? I think not
By Garrison Keillor
June 24, 2009
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It's all about retail sales and zero about me and I'm having none of it
By Garrison Keillor
June 17, 2009
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The world belongs to the young. At the end, there's a cocktail and memories of laughter.
By Garrison Keillor
June 10, 2009
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A young girl borrows Chopin's passion and transforms an evening. Life is good, no matter the disappointments.
By Garrison Keillor
June 3, 2009
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That's Washington's byword, where public service is all. New York is a different story.
By Garrison Keillor
May 27, 2009
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The theater is great, but it can't compare to the Daily Telegraph's dogged campaign to expose the corruption in Gordon Brown's government. 2,200 pounds for moat cleaning, anyone?
By Garrison Keillor
May 20, 2009