http://dir.salon.com/topics/garrison_keillor/?source=rss&aim=garrison_keillor en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/05/07/mothers_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/05/07/mothers_day/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/30/airport_security/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/30/airport_security/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/23/spring/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/23/spring/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/16/northwest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/16/northwest/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/09/competition/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/09/competition/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/02/military/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/02/military/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/26/spelling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/26/spelling/index.html?source=rss Blame our financial woes on poor spellers, like the intellectual charity case in the White House. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/19/easter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/19/easter/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/12/san_francisco/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/12/san_francisco/index.html?source=rss Feeling old and in the way, I revived my spirits among the beautiful young wired generation out West. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/02/27/mccain_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/02/27/mccain_obama/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/02/20/winter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/02/20/winter/index.html?source=rss Why do people complain about winter, which is really quite magnificent? By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/02/13/roethke/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/02/13/roethke/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/02/06/change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/02/06/change/index.html?source=rss The American people are looking for a change this year, and so am I. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/30/education/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/30/education/index.html?source=rss No Child Left Behind has plenty of flaws, but throwing it out because it's a Republican plan is morally disgusting. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/23/health/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/23/health/index.html?source=rss What can the presidential candidates, and Ben Bernanke, for that matter, do about my lousy cold? By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/16/candidates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/16/candidates/index.html?source=rss All you presidential hopefuls sound like you're campaigning for student council at a Quaker high school. Start slinging that mud! By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/09/change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/09/change/index.html?source=rss Get with it, architects: Public buildings need more toilet equality. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/02/map/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/02/map/index.html?source=rss Stranded, unloved or unsure, the cure is to drive west with the window rolled down, the radio playing -- the whole deal. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/12/19/christmas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/12/19/christmas/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/12/12/christmas_carol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/12/12/christmas_carol/index.html?source=rss In which Bob and Carol Cratchit, on a holiday cruise, are visited by Scrooge's ghost. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/12/05/nativity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/12/05/nativity/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/11/28/change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/11/28/change/index.html?source=rss Americans are a restless tribe, never afraid to pick up and fly away. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/11/21/subprime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/11/21/subprime/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/11/14/cellphones/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/11/14/cellphones/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/11/07/raven/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/11/07/raven/index.html?source=rss I've missed out on Halloween, my only chance to open my beak and screech a prophetic message, "Nevermore!"