June 22, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com When I was young, just a few years after the double-digit years began, I referred to a slice of toast as “toast bread,” incorrect but that is what my father said,… Continue reading

June 15, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com It is Father’s Day, and many of us fortunate to be one cannot fully comprehend. Were we ever worthy? Personally, I think of this time as tribute to my own father.… Continue reading

In March 1954, principled journalist Edward R. Murrow offered this hitting commentary on Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who sought to shake the foundations of the American Experiment. Read it and see just how apt it is to the present assault on… Continue reading

June 8, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com You can plant “seeds” wherever you walk. Well, not literally, just in coin of the realm. These days when I meander, no matter where that is, and if I have change… Continue reading

June 6, 2025 So many of the young men who gave their lives on Omaha Beach this day in 1944 were farm boys who had never seen an ocean, who just short months before were hauling hay in their early… Continue reading

June 1, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com “Minimalism” in art and other design is roughly “less is more” though it gets complicated over exactly what those words mean. For simplicity’s sake, there is calmness, even purity in what… Continue reading

May 25, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com I apologize for missing weekly deadline on this piece because it is not about nostalgia nor is it the usual observations of ordinary life that tell of the humanity most people… Continue reading

May 18, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Early, bright morning, no high humidity to throw a wet blanket, bit of a breeze, it all makes for a clear slate no matter what the day before brought. Most of… Continue reading

May 11, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com You walk down a street, and there is a whiff of early summer but not oppressive heat and humidity, not of drought or unreasonable AC utility bills but a breeze from… Continue reading

May 4, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Here’s an American story. We all need one right now. It’s about a fellow who did not go to college but who ended up with at least a doctorate in his… Continue reading