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P. Gardner Goldsmith | December 12, 2019
In the 1960s, Patrick McGoohan’s iconic individualist “The Prisoner” was stripped of his name, told he was “Number Six,” and imprisoned in “The…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | December 6, 2019
The tragic-comic figure of Joe Biden presents a lot of paradoxes. On the one hand, he presents himself as “one of the people”, yet he’s just been…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | December 2, 2019
“Freedom is slavery.” So said Big Brother, the anthropomorphized character of the state in George Orwell’s “1984”. That, of course, was fiction. But…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | November 28, 2019
We’ve heard the expected: Don’t eat turkey on Thanksgiving, because one more turkey will require so much carbon-based energy Earth will tilt into…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | November 21, 2019
As those who have read Luke: 23:34 in the Bible know, Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Something to keep in mind…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | October 31, 2019
There’s nothing more pleasurable for “trick or treat” time – or anytime, for that matter – than spending some hours reading and listening to the…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | October 25, 2019
As if unconstitutional attacks on the right to keep and bear arms – statutes such as license mandates, waiting periods, background checks, “Red Flag…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | October 15, 2019
California’s political class appears to be focused on embarrassing its taxpayers. The latest example of their missteps? CA Governor Gavin Newsom…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | September 24, 2019
In the realms of man, there’s nothing quite as parasitic as the United States “entitlement culture.”  Spawned from unconstitutional U.S.…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | September 10, 2019
Pink Floyd could supply the soundtrack on this. The “education” system of Lewes Priory School, in East Sussex, England, just shut the gates on girls…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | August 8, 2019
Even as national politics threaten to destroy our rights to self-defense, our earnings -- through taxation and inflation -- our privacy, the last…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | July 22, 2019
(This story has been updated HERE 07/25/19) Terra Incognita. Every year, every month, every week, every day presents a new step into strangeness…