http://dir.salon.com/topics/garrison_keillor/?source=rss&aim=garrison_keillor en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/03/variety_pack/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/03/variety_pack/index.html?source=rss Some people thrive on the predictable, others keep rewriting their lives. A healthy society needs both By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/17/art_appreciation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/17/art_appreciation/index.html?source=rss Still lifes of flowers? Why bother. The true calling of an artist is to paint the naked female form By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/10/republicans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/10/republicans/index.html?source=rss The way to fight Republicans is to make them think you like them. It'll scare them into passing the thing By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/27/matthew_hoh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/27/matthew_hoh/index.html?source=rss We don't admire quitters, but no one wants to be the last person to believe in a mission, either By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/20/old_grumblers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/20/old_grumblers/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/14/nobel_peace_prize/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/14/nobel_peace_prize/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/07/healthcare_for_republicans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/07/healthcare_for_republicans/index.html?source=rss Even people who oppose regulation and don't mind manufacturing hamburger contaminated by E. coli deserve healthcare By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/09/30/the_shallows/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/09/30/the_shallows/index.html?source=rss Let them make do with aspirin and hand sanitizer. Meanwhile, the money we save will pay off the deficit By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/09/23/the_right/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/09/23/the_right/index.html?source=rss It's as American as rock 'n' roll, but there's a price for being an angry jerk By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/09/16/mortality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/09/16/mortality/index.html?source=rss It was pretty clear how lucky I was to be walking out of that hospital relatively unscathed By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/09/02/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/09/02/healthcare/index.html?source=rss Want empathy? Send weepy pet parents to town hall meetings waving photos of kittycats in need of new kidneys By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/26/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/26/keillor/index.html?source=rss A few puffs of smoke from the other side and you're ready for martyrdom? Get a grip By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/19/london/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/19/london/index.html?source=rss Like many an English major, I go to the motherland for the language. I am never disappointed By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/12/new_media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/12/new_media/index.html?source=rss Millions of people have discovered the joys of seeing yourself in print. Unfortunately, no one's making a dime By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/29/san_francisco/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/29/san_francisco/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/22/cellphones/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/22/cellphones/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/15/ordinariness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/15/ordinariness/index.html?source=rss I wish the guy who screamed at me for merging in front of him could spare some rage for Dick Cheney By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/08/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/08/healthcare/index.html?source=rss What's good for the drug companies may not be so good for the hapless pedestrian By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/01/potato_salad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/07/01/potato_salad/index.html?source=rss Come on, people, it's not that hard to make. Do you really think we can't tell the difference? By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/06/24/solitude/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/06/24/solitude/index.html?source=rss Is solitude such a terrible thing to wish for? I think not By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/06/17/fathers_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/06/17/fathers_day/index.html?source=rss It's all about retail sales and zero about me and I'm having none of it By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/06/10/youth_and_euthanasia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/06/10/youth_and_euthanasia/index.html?source=rss The world belongs to the young. At the end, there's a cocktail and memories of laughter. By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/06/03/transformation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/06/03/transformation/index.html?source=rss A young girl borrows Chopin's passion and transforms an evening. Life is good, no matter the disappointments. By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/27/memorial_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/27/memorial_day/index.html?source=rss That's Washington's byword, where public service is all. New York is a different story. By Garrison Keillor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/20/london/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/20/london/index.html?source=rss 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?