Garrison Keillor

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...

A gorgeous fall here on the upper Mississippi, but among the old grumblers I drink cheap coffee with, the mood these days is dark, due to low interest rates and...

I come to London to pick up a tube of Euthymol toothpaste and devour a cup of Mr. Whippy lemon ice and see all the storybook tinges of aristocracy so...

One simply wanted to be present. Freezing cold or not, a crowd of 2 million, whatever -- solemn warnings about tight security, long lines, traffic jams, cell phones not working....

Be happy, dear hearts, and allow yourselves a few more weeks of quiet exultation. It isn't gloating, it's satisfaction at a job well done. He was a superb candidate, serious,...

A golden November day under a blue sky and an air of sweet amiability at the polls and at the end of the day, we elected the right guy, no...

People accuse us old liberals of smarmy self-righteousness and God knows they are right. Four of us had lunch the other day and we agreed before we sat down: no...

It's a simple, cheerful life but with occasional grim complications that one simply ignores, such as mortality or the 70s or the demise of the downtown department store. I love...

Another paradise day in our old river town and we linger over supper in the backyard and talk about the dry weather and bats (Do they eat 3,000 mosquitoes per...

New York in July, hot and breezy, the smell of pizza and coffee in the air, and on the subway one is surrounded by women in light summer dresses, the...