http://dir.salon.com/topics/garrison_keillor/?source=rss&aim=garrison_keillor en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT 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 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT 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 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT 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 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT 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 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT 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 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT 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 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT 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? By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/13/republicans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/13/republicans/index.html?source=rss In other words, we're Republicans. We will not bend our principles to please people we didn't like in the first place. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/06/mothers_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/06/mothers_day/index.html?source=rss She devotes her life to a creep like Larry, but what about me? I'm the son who does everything I can to make her proud. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/04/29/retribution/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/04/29/retribution/index.html?source=rss We don't need to round up a few Bush-era criminals to settle political scores. We just need some truth, and then we need good train service. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/04/22/strange_new_world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/04/22/strange_new_world/index.html?source=rss Since when is farting on a sandwich a felony? People have been grossing each other out for centuries and it's no time to stop now. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/04/15/poetry_month/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/04/15/poetry_month/index.html?source=rss The real message of Poetry Month has nothing to do with rereading Eliot or Wordsworth. It's all about winning the favor of women. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/03/25/spring/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/03/25/spring/index.html?source=rss In spring, a person's thoughts turn toward what you would rather be doing than earning a living, and in this country that means Being An Artist. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/03/18/aig/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/03/18/aig/index.html?source=rss When I resigned from the board, right after my bonus was approved, there were hugs all around and cries of "We're leaving too!" By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/03/11/disability/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/03/11/disability/index.html?source=rss In my line of work, forgetting words should qualify me for a fat pension. You know who else ought to get one? Clueless Republicans paying homage to Rush. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/03/04/brothers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/03/04/brothers/index.html?source=rss You are left disinherited, unarmed, semi-literate, an exile. There is one less person to remember your childhood with. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/25/cold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/25/cold/index.html?source=rss In my day, if the 45-pound icicles didn't get you, the coyotes would. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/18/obituaries/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/18/obituaries/index.html?source=rss A bit of advice: Stay off the obituary page as long as possible. There's no telling what they'll write about you. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/11/excelebrities/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/11/excelebrities/index.html?source=rss It's time for Washington's ex-celebrities to diversify. I'm seeing Rush making action movies, and Ann Coulter single-handedly reviving female pro wrestling. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/04/john_updike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/04/john_updike/index.html?source=rss Getting a note of appreciation from John Updike could buoy you up for weeks. Now who's left to bless us? By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/28/tranquility/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/28/tranquility/index.html?source=rss Never mind the last eight painful years. We see the new, fresh faces in Washington and we expect them to do the right thing and serve the common good. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/21/inauguration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/21/inauguration/index.html?source=rss Six-block lines, Arctic weather, packed trains -- none of it mattered. We can believe in our country again. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/14/reading_fiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/14/reading_fiction/index.html?source=rss What readers really want is dastardly deeds by dark, despicable men, or saucy wenches with pert breasts displayed like fresh fruit on a platter. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/07/self_esteem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/07/self_esteem/index.html?source=rss As the Current Occupant imagines his legacy emerging golden and shining in a hundred years after all of us are deceased, you and I go on. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/12/24/christmas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/12/24/christmas/index.html?source=rss When you don't understand the language, it's easier to find the dumb childlike wonder that's the essence of the season.