Columns by Garrison Keillor
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Cutting costs in a tough economic turndown
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008
I have bad news. In the midst of the worldwide economic meltdown we are experiencing these days, I have taken a hard look at revenue from this column and find that I am earning but a tiny fraction of the $6.5 million I had projected for 2008, which leaves me no choice but to impose aggressive cost reductions, including a 75 percent reduction in writing time and the elimination of editing.
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The secret of happiness is a snow shovel
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
I don’t know why flight attendants put a skinny plastic swizzle stick in your cup of coffee, but there it is, and the other day, I brought the coffee to my lips and stuck the stick way up into my nostril. Read story
We don’t have to look Canadian anymore
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Be happy, dear hearts, and allow yourselves a few more weeks of quiet exultation. Read story
A few words for Barack and Michelle Obama
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008
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 doubt about it. Yes, we can and we did. A nation spread its wings and achieved altitude.
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More Columns by Garrison Keillor
- Looking out for ol’ Abilene
- In sunny Santa Monica, a new look on life
- There’s a moose on the loose in Palin country
- Will a pork-barrel mayor become president?
- There was some misdirection in Minnesota
- Rolling with the punches while in California
- Being on fair footing at the Iowa State Fair
- Bathing beauty: An idea for cleaning America
- The old guy’s technical foul with politics
- Summer civility and the promise of more
- In sweet July, the dumb stuff doesn’t matter
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Today's Column
Editorial: Time to rethink U of M salaries
When the salaries of many Minnesota residents have been frozen, and tuition at Minnesota’s No. 1 college is rising, the University of Minnesota ought to reconsider what it pays its president and head basketball coach.
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Letters to the Editor
Point of purchase is OK for donating to charities
I am writing in response to Tim Engstrom’s column on Nov. 25, undermining large companies and their point of sale contributions to various charities.
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