By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com When I was 21 and had not yet set the sail of life’s direction, perhaps even adrift for a time in a dinghy in calm waters but with rapids in view, I took a… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@hotmail.com EVERYWHERE, USA — How is labor supposed to rest on this noted day when there are so few middle-class jobs? The many unemployed already have nothing but downtime. How did a rich, progressive,… Continue reading

ahgunther@yahoo.com Heroes of the Holocaust are not only those who died in that great inhumanity. Survivors who have gone on to endure  thousands of nights in recalled nightmare have articulated against the dark side and championed what is good in… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com A day or so before my brother Craig and I recently closed on our late parents’ house, I said goodbye to a place that was never my childhood home, never one of infant, toddler,… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com In the youth that was mine and so many others in 1950s not-yet-suburbia in Rockland County, N.Y., there would be occasional trips to New York City, about 24 miles southeast. That could be an… Continue reading

Spring Valley, N.Y.  —  Over on Alturas Road, between Cole and Summit avenues, on the hill once called Red Brick, many deep inches of asphalt are the burial cover of a long-gone era, one that saw much less traffic on… Continue reading

By Arthur H.Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com “Every Hero Has a Story” is the theme of this year’s Summer Reading Club in my area, part of the national Collaborative Summer Library Program. It encourages students to continue reading over school vacation, whether… Continue reading

July 27, 2015 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com There comes a day when you see a certain face on a relative, friend or former acquaintance, and you realize time has passed, that age has added lines, that days of… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com   The painter who touches you has already made that same journey inward, for he/she takes a picture of part of the artist’s soul and renders it in form, line, color, perspective. If you… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Fruit in season is like long-sought-after love that suddenly makes connection. The heavens appear, but as in many a novel and short story, consumption does you in, spoils you for the ordinary. You can… Continue reading