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

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com My father was a Frank Sinatra fan from the singer’s early days at The Rustic Cabin in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. He followed his career through musical styles, films and political beliefs. Of a later… Continue reading

February 16, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com In this 1936 house where I now live, in old Upper Nyack, N.Y., there are footsteps left behind. Not so where I was previously, almost 51 years in nearby Blauvelt. That… Continue reading

February 9, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com We Americans owe Ernie Pyle, the famed World War II columnist, deep respect for getting it right about military in a democracy. He described in raw, eloquent emotion the real deal,… Continue reading