Entries by David Gornoski

THINGS HIDDEN 2: Saturnalia

Jesus’s persecution looks like the Saturnalia sacrificial festival of the Romans as well as the scapegoat ritual of Leviticus and the Greek pharmakos purge. This was a feature of Jesus’s plan in demonstrating the ugly reality of how humans make culture, order, and peace. Find out how this social mechanism Jesus uncovers operates in world […]

Diamond and Silk Interview – A Neighbor’s Choice

Diamond and Silk on Kavanaugh, the left’s accusatory mobs, and how they started a new media revolution bypassing media groupthink narratives. We also discuss Christianity vs state worship and Rene Girard’s scapegoat theory. This is video of A Neighbor’s Choice Radio Ep. 11 on NewsRadio WFLA 93.1 FM and 540 AM Orlando, original air date: […]

THINGS HIDDEN 1: Satan Casting out Satan

In this inaugural episode of THINGS HIDDEN, we learn about the phenomenon Jesus describes as “Satan casting out Satan.” How does this seemingly obscure passage inform your world, meaning, and order of your life? Along the way, we will use the Mimetic theory of the late French anthropologist Rene Girard to help us dissect the […]

Michael Shermer, David Gornoski on Heavens on Earth, Mimetic Theory

Michael Shermer sits down with A Neighbor’s Choice founder and host David Gornoski to discuss his newest book Heavens on Earth, an examination of different religions’ conception of the afterlife. The book also examines ideologies and transhumanist notions of eternal life. They also briefly engage the anthropological importance of the Judeo-Christian texts in re-orienting our […]

Kerry McDonald, David Gornoski Discuss Unschooling vs Public Schools

David Gornoski discusses unschooling vs public schooling with FEE and Intellectual Takeout writer Kerry McDonald, especially in light of the violence and prison atmosphere in compulsory schools today. Kerry McDonald is leading a national exodus out of the dinosaur monopoly schooling model that will help us recapture critical thinking, freedom, and opens the door for […]

The Push-Pull Seduction of the State and Other Gods

Mimetic theory suggests that humans are magnetically attracted to model-obstacles. We want to imitate being which appears scarce in its attainability. We fashion gods in the image of the kind of power we admire and covet: capricious, “hard to get” lovers who can also turn to disinterest or condemnation on a dime. Likewise, it is […]

ANC Ep. 8: David Gornoski Interviews Robert Murphy

How do we win liberty for the future? Where does the liberty movement go in these rapidly changing times? A Neighbor’s Choice founder and syndicated writer David Gornoski speaks with Austrian economist Dr. Robert Murphy. You won’t want to miss this discussion as winning strategies for communicating liberty are discussed as well as a timely […]

To Be Free

It’s such a privilege to be alive. To be free from pain and social isolation. Why would anyone want to put another nonviolent person in an assault cage to deprive them of these things in the precious few years each of us have on this Earth?