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A toast to the Obamas as they enjoy a brief, golden moment before beginning the grueling
business of disappointing their followers, astonishing their enemies and doing what is right for our country.
By Garrison Keillor
November 5, 2008
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The thought of replacing the Current Occupant with the Angry Old Man of the Desert and Whoopee the Ice Queen is miserable in the extreme.
By Garrison Keillor
October 29, 2008
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The citizens of Abilene, Texas, voted overwhelmingly to reelect Bush in '04. We've all done dumb things.
By Garrison Keillor
October 22, 2008
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The American people are poised to do something that could not be imagined 10 years ago -- elect the best man president, regardless of his skin color.
By Garrison Keillor
October 15, 2008
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Dishonest, cynical men put forward Sarah Palin for national office, but the truth emerges: The lady is talking freely about matters she has never thought about.
By Garrison Keillor
October 8, 2008
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A day in which you've witnessed death takes on an aura of fragile loveliness.
By Garrison Keillor
October 1, 2008
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John McCain decries greed on Wall Street and suggests a commission be formed to look into the problem. This is like Casanova coming out for chastity.
By Garrison Keillor
September 24, 2008
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I'm thinking of heading north to escape the election. Maybe Alaska.
By Garrison Keillor
September 17, 2008
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The hustling Evangelical with ethics issues and a chip on her shoulder could be our first woman president.
By Garrison Keillor
September 10, 2008
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The Republicans are meeting down the hill from my house. What are they trying to say?
By Garrison Keillor
September 3, 2008
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Californians remind me of Londoners. They're less jittery than the rest of us, and disaster doesn't terrify them.
By Garrison Keillor
August 27, 2008
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Llama judging, deep-fried pineapple on a stick, hot tubs, acres of machinery -- it's all here for the taking at the annual carnival of ideas.
By Garrison Keillor
August 20, 2008
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If we all got together naked in a steamy room and got sploshed with hot water and scrubbed down hard, we would be more civil people.
By Garrison Keillor
August 13, 2008
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Where else could an Arizona multimillionaire attack a Chicago South Sider as an elitist and hope to make it stick?
By Garrison Keillor
August 6, 2008
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Nobody is anxious to see another oldster dithering in the Oval Office.
By Garrison Keillor
July 30, 2008
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Small gestures of civility in America's busiest city speak of the promise of better times.
By Garrison Keillor
July 23, 2008
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In the sweetness of July, nothing seems to matter -- not high gas prices, the dumb New Yorker cover, nor the Fannie and Freddie bailout.
By Garrison Keillor
July 16, 2008
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But I sense he wants to hang around until November, to see for himself whether Obama wins the White House.
By Garrison Keillor
July 9, 2008
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For 10-year-olds everywhere -- Little Leaguers or not -- I hope we get a better president than the incompetent we've wasted eight years of our national life on.
By Garrison Keillor
July 2, 2008
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I made fun of Jesse for years, but the man knew something basic about politics: You need to talk to the people. How else will they get who you are?
By Garrison Keillor
June 25, 2008
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There's nothing like having the freedom of the road and the comforts of home. But $5 gas is pushing the fantasy of comfortable vagabondage to the wall.
By Garrison Keillor
June 18, 2008
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But Barack Obama has gifts that transcend race and his own slim résumé.
By Garrison Keillor
June 11, 2008
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Watching my kid in the water, I have to ask myself, what do I love as much?
By Garrison Keillor
June 4, 2008
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What's patriotism got to do with fat men with ponytails on Harleys?
By Garrison Keillor
May 28, 2008
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On Memorial Day we'll hear about men who gave their lives for their country, but many lives were not given, they were taken, and taken stupidly and carelessly.
By Garrison Keillor
May 21, 2008
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