April 27, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com I am a rare visitor to Gotham, Manhattan, but when I go, the welcome gift on return is a sore neck. You cannot visit this borough of New York City without… Continue reading

April 20, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com As is my wont, a habit from newspaper days, I am up early, 4-5 a.m., and then head for a favorite old-style coffee shop. The day cannot begin without the java… Continue reading

April 13, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com When we kids played hide and seek back in our innocence – at least those who were free of circumstance to do so – we saw surprise in each other’s faces… Continue reading

April 6, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com It seems like a century ago now, but time was when you had a few shekels, you could head to the local restaurant operated by a longtime couple in your community… Continue reading

March 30, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com The old cigarette advertisement proclaimed “I’d Walk a Mile for a Camel,” but really those of us fortunate to move our feet go much farther every day in search of whatever… Continue reading

March 23, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com 2025, in a small village north of bustling New York City where a mayor and two trustees were chosen by paper ballot in a former stone church (1813) built in part… Continue reading

March 17, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com This being my late mother’s soon to be birthday – St. Patrick’s, March 17 – her distant Donegal heritage showing in her freckled face, the image I carry in my heart,… Continue reading

March 9, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Something about women and umbrellas in the rain. There’s sturdiness but also delicacy – maybe it’s class – in the image. Purpose-built, both the lady and the cover. A fellow uses… Continue reading

March 2, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com It must have been just after humankind discovered fire that slow-cooking began, with a woman, natch. It was common sense that simmering soups and stews not only tenderize raw meat and… Continue reading

March 2, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Newspaper stiffs, of which I am one, share an affinity for the irreverent. Politicians, bigwigs of any sort are suspect. Press releases are exaggerated, even BS. We don’t kiss no one… Continue reading