We’re living in Mencken’s world now. He said, “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars." garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/on-the-road-…

I looked solemn on the cover of Time and that’s the only expression I have; I don’t do delight, just solemnity. In my wedding pictures, I look like a pallbearer. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/the-beauteou…

Electronics have changed the world we live in. The smartphone comes with dozens of apps, each of them a puzzle, the instructions inscrutable, and it took me ten minutes once to figure out how to click on the flashlight. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/a-few-words-…

I go through life with the demeanor of a pallbearer and I’m almost 83. There are very few photographs of me smiling and the smiles strike me as forced. Inside, I’m generally rather happy or at least content. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/on-the-road-…

Medical researchers who marshal data from extensive tests, share their findings, scramble for funding to do the research that will lead to procedures and pharmaceuticals that will change lives now live in fear of a car dealer from South Africa. Weird. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/a-happy-man-…

This is the heart of my faith: love, kindness, charity, sitting with head bowed in a beautiful quiet corner of the biggest busiest city in America. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/what-i-go-to…

God did not put us here to be insulted and tormented, and live under malign corrupt leadership. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/stating-the-…

More important than a college degree is the love of a good woman. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/the-powerful…

I’ve been rather lucky. I’ve known what I wanted to do with my life since eighth grade when I got a copy of A.J. Liebling’s "The Road Back to Paris" and read it in an evening and decided I wanted to be a writer. I still do. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/a-trip-to-ro…

Life goes on. The sun comes up and the sun sets and the Mississippi runs into the Gulf and you can call it whatever you like, it’s the same Gulf. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/sunday-after…

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Last weekend, I learned about a liquid hand soap that smells like fresh-cut grass, an Earl Grey ice cream, and an app that when you snap a picture of a tree with your phone, it will tell you it’s a catalpa. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/lets-join-to…

It’s an odd sensation, to lose your money and ID and credit cards, and suddenly feel free and happy, a pedestrian like everyone else, and I got myself into a river of humanity, most of them younger than I. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/whistler-and…

It simply can’t be denied that President Trump has brought a new level of animosity into the political arena. Back in Mr. Reagan’s day, Republicans might’ve referred to "my Democratic colleagues” or “my friends across the aisle." garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/the-link-bet…

When he said, “There’s no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight, not even close,” it was weird, coming from a draft dodger. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/an-evening-i…

I take Mamdani’s victory as a clear message to my generation — including Don and Mitch and Lindsey and Bernie — to go sit in the corner and suck on a lemon drop. Our time is up. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/bravo-democr…

I think the current Prez is a mafioso and his remodeled Oval Office looks like a bingo parlor and his use of capital letters reveals a Numbskull Education. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/wheres-my-gu…

I spent three days at the Mayo Clinic last week and found out that, for a person who doesn’t take care of himself, I’m in rather good shape. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/the-doctor-s…

I’m fond of my old listeners. I used to try to talk them out of their admiration but my wife told me how impolite that is so I don’t anymore. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/a-trip-back-…

I remember when I was a kid, our family driving home from Sunday night gospel meeting and stopping at A&W for root beer floats, how beautiful they were after an hour of contemplating eternal damnation. garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/remembering-…