By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Small diners in my part of the world in lower New York State a few decades back were known for tasty, homemade food served by owners and their staff who seemed like family, especially for… Continue reading

January 15, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com It is tea time in America, whether that is your favored beverage or not. The Irish, the English know that troubled moments are best navigated with a spot of the brew,… Continue reading

Great-grandfather’s old stove January 8, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com It is one degree in Blauvelt, N.Y., as I write this piece, unusual cold these days in this part of the Northeast not far from New York City… Continue reading

  January 1, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com In these days of online buying, in these days of the disappeared downtown bakery, we don’t stand on long lines anymore except maybe at Motor Vehicles … and the tax office… Continue reading

Some years ago, when I was a newspaperman at the original Journal-News in Nyack, N.Y., I gave my usual weekly column slot to my son at winter holiday time. He always pens a fictional piece. Here is his writing for… Continue reading

      WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just a short walk from the fortress that is now the White House, isolated from what its present inhabitant apparently fears is the terrorism of public opinion, are the words of a flawed but… Continue reading

December 11, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III BLOG: thecolumnrule.com NYACK, N.Y. — It has been a long time since I haunted Main Street as a shopper in this forever charming village north of New York City, a place never… Continue reading

December 4, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com I have a friend in Colorado, a former Rocklander, one whose family roots go back to before the Revolution, who would walk into a room with sun trying to pop its… Continue reading

November 27, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Doors can hold fascination because they are portals and keys to the ordinary things we do each day, like leaving the house or coming home and because they are metaphors for… Continue reading

  By Arthur Henry Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Since printing began and the first sheets of paper brought information to the masses, newspapers could count on people buying enough copies to keep the profession going; to support advertisers; to hold circulation… Continue reading