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GARRISON KEILLOR
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Finding St. Paul on the road
Sitting in Cleveland, waiting for a plane, I reached in my pocket for scrap paper to write a phone number on and found the epistle for last Sunday. St. Paul said, "As for those who in the present day are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment," which makes sense as the dollar falls and the price of oil rises and the auto business heads south and the housing market shudders and suddenly nobody is quite sure how much the house is worth and the slow-motion disaster of Iraq grinds on and on, the Arctic ice cap has shrunk by a million square miles, so we'd better start learning to enjoy long walks in the woods, apples and flirting, all the God-given pleasures. We face uncertain times.
An important part of the process
Last month in this space I wrote about the problem in journalism of reporters who serve as stenographers for newsmakers instead of scrutinizing the claims and policies of those newsmakers. My reference at that time was two rare reporters in Las Vegas who had actually analyzed the policies of Nevada higher education chancellor James Rogers.
Letters to the Editor
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