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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.; By Garrison Keillor May 7, 2008
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?; By Garrison Keillor Apr 30, 2008
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.; By Garrison Keillor Apr 23, 2008
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.; By Garrison Keillor Apr 16, 2008
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.; By Garrison Keillor Apr 9, 2008
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.; By Garrison Keillor Apr 2, 2008
Poor America: Blame our financial woes on poor spellers, like the intellectual charity case in the White House.; By Garrison Keillor Mar 26, 2008
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?; By Garrison Keillor Mar 19, 2008
My San Francisco buzz: Feeling old and in the way, I revived my spirits among the beautiful young wired generation out West.; By Garrison Keillor Mar 12, 2008
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.; By Garrison Keillor Feb 27, 2008
Zero visibility on Highway 52: Why do people complain about winter, which is really quite magnificent?; By Garrison Keillor Feb 20, 2008
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.; By Garrison Keillor Feb 13, 2008
Time to start over: The American people are looking for a change this year, and so am I.; By Garrison Keillor Feb 6, 2008
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.; By Garrison Keillor Jan 30, 2008
Sicko: What can the presidential candidates, and Ben Bernanke, for that matter, do about my lousy cold?; By Garrison Keillor Jan 23, 2008
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!; By Garrison Keillor Jan 16, 2008
Women need johns: Get with it, architects: Public buildings need more toilet equality.; By Garrison Keillor Jan 9, 2008
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.; By Garrison Keillor Jan 2, 2008
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.; By Garrison Keillor Dec 19, 2007
The meaning of Christmas: In which Bob and Carol Cratchit, on a holiday cruise, are visited by Scrooge's ghost.; By Garrison Keillor Dec 12, 2007
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.; By Garrison Keillor Dec 5, 2007
The next big thing: Americans are a restless tribe, never afraid to pick up and fly away.; By Garrison Keillor Nov 28, 2007
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.; By Garrison Keillor Nov 21, 2007
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.; By Garrison Keillor Nov 14, 2007
The raven has flown: I've missed out on Halloween, my only chance to open my beak and screech a prophetic message, "Nevermore!"; By Garrison Keillor Nov 7, 2007

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