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Keillor: Art appreciation is appreciating nakedness

of 67, I have stopped apologizing for looking at naked women. I don't stand directly in front of a nude and stare at her, lest I be taken for a pervert. I stand in front of the painting next to the nude and sneak sidelong glances, but nonetheless I am ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, Salt Lake Tribune,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pierre Bonnard,  Georgia O'Keeffe,  U.S. Republican Party

Art is reminder of life’s pleasures

I was in Chicago with time on my hands and the sweet woman murmured to me — you know how this goes — “Would you like to see the Art Institute?” and I was thinking No No No God No, and I said, “Sure. Fine.” “You wouldn’t rather do something else?” she ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, Lawrence Journal World,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pierre Bonnard,  U.S. Republican Party

Op-Ed Contributor : Art Appreciation

I was in Chicago with time on my hands and the sweet woman murmured to me — you know how this goes — “Would you like to see the Art Institute?” and I was thinking No No No God No, and I said, “Sure. Fine.” “You wouldn't rather do something else?” she ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, International Herald Tribune,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pierre Bonnard,  U.S. Republican Party

Keillor: Republican senators need exchange of peace

is going to be flat-footed, on the verge of paralysis, no matter what. Anytime 10 percent of the people can stop 90 percent, it's like driving a bus with a brake pedal for each passenger. That's why Congress has a public approval rating of 25 percent. ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, Salt Lake Tribune,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Saxby Chambliss,  Jim Bunning

Health care too complex for Congress

There are some things we will never understand. Death, for one. I overheard a woman in the drugstore say, “He went in to the hospital yesterday and he was eating his supper and then he fell asleep and then he died. I don’t get it.” She didn’t seem ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, Lawrence Journal World,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Saxby Chambliss,  Jim Bunning

Op-Ed Contributor : The Love Weapon

There are some things we will never understand. Death, for one. I overheard a woman in the drugstore say, “He went in to the hospital yesterday and he was eating his supper and then he fell asleep and then he died. I don’t get it.” She didn’t seem ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, International Herald Tribune,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Saxby Chambliss,  Jim Bunning

Keillor: Life's variety pack

Jessica, Jessica, and all the other girls are tepid gruel in comparison. She allows you to put your arm around her magnificent shoulders. And one day she says to you over coffee, "I like you but you are not the one for me." It costs $722 to fly from ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, Salt Lake Tribune,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party

Reminders that life isn’t fair

It costs $722 to fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Bismarck, N.D., and you can fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Paris for $754. Life is unfair; we all know this. Big prizes go to mediocrities while you struggle on, unappreciated. The righteous suffer ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, Lawrence Journal World,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party

Time for U.S. to move out of Afghanistan

The former Marine officer Matthew Hoh, who resigned his Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and not worth dying for, deserves all the attention he’s gotten and more. The Obama administration faces hard decisions ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, Lawrence Journal World,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Al-Qaeda,  Taliban,  US State Department,  Jimi Hendrix

Op-Ed Contributor : Time to Go

The former U.S. Marine officer Matthew Hoh, who resigned his Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and not worth dying for, deserves all the attention he’s gotten and more. The Obama administration faces hard ...

From GARRISON KEILLOR, International Herald Tribune,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Taliban,  Al-Qaeda,  US State Department,  Jimi Hendrix

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