May 7, 2018   By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      In the tucked-away room, in the original attic, was a very tall radiator and a very small rocking chair where the ghost, quite friendly, dwelled much of the… Continue reading

“1956, Pink and Gray” May 1, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumrule.com Art — painting — is like life: abstract, realistic or symbolic, captured fragments of what could be a full conversation or perhaps just the wisps of one.… Continue reading

April 23, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com The decency that was Barbara Bush, the late first lady, is in sharp contrast to the White House norm these days. That has to be said whether you are the tearful… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com If true readers were the only people newspapers and Internet information providers had to be concerned about, there would be little reason for this essay. They are hooked on the news, educated and brought… Continue reading

April 9, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Spring has not yet sprung in this part of the Northeast, a bit north geographically of New York City but with a history and flavor set distinctly apart. There may be… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com It may seem hilarious and even back-woodsy, but there was a moment, a long one, when at 2 a.m. in a diner, say Hogan’s in West Nyack, N.Y., when you instinctively pulled up your… Continue reading

March 26, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com The “Barn Playhouse” at the original, small Rockland Community College campus in Viola, N.Y., was left over from the self-sufficiency days of the county Almshouse, the home for the aged and… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Why does war often begin with a parade and end with one? At the first, youthful excitement, naiveté, innocence, natural inclination and lack of experience and judgment as to horror fuel the adrenalin… Continue reading

March 5, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com When someone is asked, “What is your biggest regret?,” perhaps most would recall one particular moment, though for others it surely depends on what year, month, even day (or night) you… Continue reading

  February 26, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com In a world often gray, you wish for a spot of color, because that is always there, you know, even in fog or overcast. It’s all in the eye, literally,… Continue reading