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  • FOR ELECTION DAY 2022

    By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      A long-ago story, Election Day 2022 relevant.       In spring 1960, the General Organization of Spring Valley High School (N.Y.) held its presidential election for the next school year. There… Continue reading

  • AT THE WINDOW

    October 30, 2022_  By Arthur H.Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      Our America, at times wonderful to the point of tears – emotional, caring, giving – is also in its citizens’ fear as mean as can be – from want,… Continue reading

  • THE PORTRAIT

    October 23, 2022 By Arthur H.Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      A face is the door to someone’s being, the eyes the hallway to the soul. It can be a journey never forgotten.      As a photographer – I… Continue reading

  • AMERICAN STORY

    October 17, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      America needs a good story, from sea to shining sea, in the hustings, in the gothams, on the farms, in the mountains and valleys, in the panhandle and… Continue reading

  • THEY ‘SUNG’ FOR US

    October 9, 2022  By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      There is no workplace rhythm – this necessary, life-sustaining tempo, this melody, this song – without the interplay of people. Bosses, the ordinary grunts, specialists, the guys and… Continue reading

  • TRUST

    October 2, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      A fall ride in early evening on a wooded parkland drive when the quiet is uninterrupted, when the moon is full and car lights seem unnecessary, when the… Continue reading

  • ON THE ROOFTOPS

    September 25, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther IIIthecolumnrule.comahgunther@yahoo.com Continue reading

  • ‘WE WALK TOGETHER’

    September 18, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      In a September-near-fall when colored leaves drop in nostalgic scent, some of us can forget the crazy world of war, death, climate, challenged democracy. Some don’t have the… Continue reading

  • TO NEVER FORGET

    September 11, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com There is rhythm to our lives, and when it is seriously interrupted, the beat changes forever. And so it was with September 11, 2001. When  9/11 hit in terroristic horror… Continue reading

  • LABOR DAY EXAMPLE

    September 4, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com On this Labor Day of late sleeping, barbecues, beach trips and general laziness for many but the same-old, same-old for those who are not “honored” but must toil, a memory… Continue reading