August 8, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com     Now retired, I wrote hundreds of newspaper editorials endorsing candidates — local, state, national, These  days I often cast another in my mind to make an election choice. And… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com I am a self-discovered “painter” of limited ability, but there is satisfaction nonetheless, especially in a retirement where no longer are there the now-cherished deadlines of my newspaper past. It is more than… Continue reading

July 25, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com With all the sadness in the land over the deliberate targeting and killing of police officers as well as the harming of citizens by law enforcement, I will tell you of… Continue reading

July 18, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Just before the pre-suburban explosion of the 1950s in my part of lower New York State, in a fruit orchard area fittingly off Cherry Lane, a young fellow, second grader, had… Continue reading

  July 11, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Equal time for Hillary in an unequal presidential race, in a time of sad national inequality. The last mildly satirical column suggested The Donald doesn’t want the presidency, that he… Continue reading

July 4, 2016, weekend By Arthur H. Gunther ahgunther@hotmail.com So, “The Donald” won the presidency, and now we all wear red baseball-style caps with  the imperial slogan (“Let’s Make America Great Again”), purchased exclusively through the Trump Store. Seriously, if… Continue reading

June 27, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Photographers, the inspired ones, the gifted, are observers who emphasize the essence of their subject, who snap the shutter as reporters of an expression, an event, an emotion, yes, but who,… Continue reading

June 19, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Father’s Day is a time for special reverence, especially when your dad is gone. It’s almost easier then, sad to say, because you don’t readily recall the difficult moments. All children… Continue reading

June 13, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com The terrible news that a gunman walked into a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., and destroyed 50 people, leaving 53 others hospitalized in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history has… Continue reading

June 6, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com NÜRNBERG, Germany — This once-again beautiful city in the center of Deutschland, removed for more than 70 years now from World War II bombing and almost complete devastation, is both typically… Continue reading