April 10, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Some time ago, at a table of friends and family through marriage, the talk was of newspapers — media in general, actually — and how you “can’t believe what you read,… Continue reading

April 3, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com In Nyack, N.Y., just a few hundred yards from the great historic river named the Hudson, the shores of which will soon be joined by two new bridges to replace one… Continue reading

March 27, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com When we come across the Jacob Riis photographs of late-1800’s lower New York City poverty, in his book “How the Other Half Lives,” most of us feel sad yet grateful for… Continue reading

  March 20, 2017 By Arthur Henry Gunther III thecolumnrule.com One of the benefits of social media (and there are significant downsides) is that much information is presented, all of it requiring prudent review. But so deep are the vaults… Continue reading

March 13, 2017 By Arthur Henry Gunther III thecolumnrule.com My week just past had two “JR” moments, and the thought of that had me smiling. In a time when simplicity and common sense, just the basic black and white of things,… Continue reading

STILL RIDING ABOUT March 6, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com I wrote “The Column Rule” as a weekly– at times semi-weekly — newspaper essay for 25 years, principally because I had the opportunity, and there was never a… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com There was a moment when the day was better spent riding on roads through state parks or hiking trails than focusing on the timepiece that ticks away your life. Call it education. Not all… Continue reading

  “Beach,” acrylic on canvas, AHG 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Waterside — it’s an endless frontier, a blank canvas, with the sea’s waves your personal brushes. If a calm, still lake, that’s meditation. In retirement, people move… Continue reading

February 13, 2017 By Arthur Henry Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Some say all Americans should declare they are Muslims, so that the re-energized prejudice, meanness and even hatred of 2017 can be nipped before there is horror. If enough Germans had… Continue reading

February 7, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Tea may be for reading leaves, but there is more to the brew. There are reasons why the Irish, the English, the Chinese, Indians and those of so many cultures not… Continue reading