Patrick Goggins·Mar 30Florida Keys and Key West Bar and Breakfast GuideMy first trip to Key West was in 1984. Four of us rented a car and drove from D.C. to Key West in a day. We stayed in a hotel with the…
Patrick Goggins·Nov 21, 2023Top 100 GuitaristsHOLLYWOOD, FL — Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the top 100 guitarists is a slap in the face to anyone who’s ever bent a string. It has…A response icon1A response icon1
Patrick Goggins·Aug 30, 2022Lower Manhattan Pub CrawlNew York City indeed has it all: arts, culture, shopping and the like. Locals though, and maybe a few of the more bibulous visitors, prefer…
Patrick Goggins·Jul 14, 2022BRICS and the Realignment of the Global EconomyThe NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine has become a fulcrum in the weakening of global Western imperial hegemony, which has largely…
Patrick Goggins·Jan 15, 2022Biden 2021: The Year In ReviewTwitter commentator Alyson Metzger is fond of saying “Never underestimate the delusional incompetence of aristocrats and courtiers.” Joe…
Patrick Goggins·Dec 24, 2021MY KEY WESTHaving been visiting Key West since 1984, and having lived there for six wonderful months in 1995, I am often asked for travel tips to the…
Patrick Goggins·Jan 12, 2021Top 50 Rock SingersSingers. The fans love ’em, most musicians can’t stand ’em, but there is something about the sexy, flamboyant narcissism of a rock singer…
Patrick Goggins·Dec 9, 2020Cullmann’s Origin of ChristmasIn 1947, renowned German church history scholar Oscar Cullmann, published his essay Weihnachten in der alten Kirche (Christmas in the old…
Patrick Goggins·Nov 4, 2020Elections Have ConsequencesAfter Super Tuesday, when Joe Biden clinched the nomination, I wrote that I would wait to make a decision on who to support, hoping…
Patrick Goggins·Sep 26, 2020Ask What Your Country Can Do For YouIn his inaugural address, delivered on the steps of the United States Capitol on January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy posed a challenge: “Ask…
