By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Thanksgiving — the traditional American one — and any gathering in any nation among any people at any time that seeks to express individual and community gratefulness for their bounty, however small, is affirmation… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com No essays this week, just pictures and the “poetry” that seems to go with each one.   SONG Woods, solitude, wind whispering as nature writes a melody in a long, wonderful breath APPLES… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Look at the photograph above these words, and what do you see? Is it dawn or dusk? The answer might mean you are an optimist or a pessimist. Or perhaps you like endings… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III Many personalities and almost that number in characters passed through my Editorial Page desk at the old Journal-News in Nyack, N.Y., 1978-2006. Like a farmer pleased with a bumper crop, I was always provided with… Continue reading

    By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com There were no Twitter moments in the information revolution of my youth, which was the transition from radio to television. Entertainer Milton Berle, newscaster John Cameron Swaze and funnyman Jackie Gleason came… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Whether it is worry about family finances, or county government, the state of the nation or the world, the realization that we are but specks in time can put things in perspective. Quickly, the… Continue reading

   On Aug. 18, I offered an essay, “It’s a two-way street,” which argued that policing is a super tough job, and the officers deserve respect while being trained to know the community. It also  expressed concern about using military… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Fall — autumn sounds better — is when you are supposed to let go of summer, even if you dread winter’s coming and want to hold onto the beach, fire pits and the light as… Continue reading

Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com I won’t vote for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the popular New Yorker seeking re-election. Nor would I for President Obama, if he were able to run anew, though I supported him twice. And I will be… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com HUDSON RIVER, N.Y. — This mighty waterway, not a western route to Asia through the Northwest Passage as Hendrick Hudson hoped it would be in 1609, but to the great port of Albany and so… Continue reading