Gabriel Garnica column
Gabriel Garnica, Esq., is a college professor and licensed attorney whose regular commentary also appears on NewMediaJournal.us, The Daley Times-Post, and Michnews. He holds a law degree from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from St. John’s University in New York.
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April 24, 2019
Thanks to my two Broadway-loving daughters, I know more about Broadway now than I ever did as a young adult much less a teen far too many years ago. I remember . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 26, 2019
Unless you have been in a coma for one year, you are fully aware that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has been elected as the youngest member of Congress at age . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 12, 2019
I begin by thanking you for your articulate response to my initial letter to you regarding your decision to boycott the March for Life because, as you so . . .
Gabriel Garnica
April 6, 2017
As we approach Holy Week, I fondly remember what television used to be like during this time of year way back in ancient times, say 1968 to 1972. In those . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 24, 2017
We all know Don Quixote as a quintessentially complex character in literature. Drifting between apparent sanity and madness, Quixote nevertheless remained . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 14, 2016
One of the ingredients in Hillary Clinton's stunning and humiliating defeat at the hands of Donald Trump is often cited as the failure of the so-called . . .
Gabriel Garnica
May 25, 2016
Maria Elena Salinas, widely recognized as the most prominent Latina journalist in the country and a close friend of equally prominent Latino journalist . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 20, 2015
I have long given up the hope of understanding Liberal logic, for what hope can there possibly be when sanity must give way from the very start. Three . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 14, 2015
By now most, if not all, readers have heard that Chicago's Jackie Robison West Little League team was stripped of its U.S. title for cheating. I emphasize . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 19, 2014
The other day I was thinking that I might want to join the International Vegetarian Union (IVU), which is an international non-profit organization whose . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 14, 2014
The recent election results and poll after poll indicate the reality which the Left is either too delusional, or too arrogant, to accept; namely, that most . . .
Gabriel Garnica
October 16, 2014
Much has been written and said about the ongoing Synod in Rome and, as expected, each side in this debate has been quick to claim validation of its agenda. . . .
Gabriel Garnica
September 17, 2014
Let me begin by making it clear that what Ray Rice and Andre Peterson have done is despicable and heinous, and should rightly be the source of outrage and . . .
Gabriel Garnica
July 9, 2014
As a suffering Mets fan for many years, I have been constantly tortured by the success of the Yankees, and have had to experience my fair share of . . .
Gabriel Garnica
June 28, 2014
Look, I am as conservative as can be, and I agree with many of the things Anne Coulter writes about, but her latest column, in which she rants against . . .
Gabriel Garnica
May 15, 2014
In this age of an increasingly dumbed down populace, one has to wonder if the concepts of free will, logic, and privacy still have any connection to reality . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 23, 2014
I admit that my first exposure to feminism was of the militant, radical, vulgar, crude variety which assumes men are trash until proven otherwise and unborn . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 3, 2014
We all know that God has not been an invited guest at the Oscars, or any left-leaning public event for that matter, for some time now. From the boos He . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 29, 2014
A cursory scan of the website for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would lead you to think that this international philanthropic organization is simply . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 23, 2014
As thousands of young people attend this year's 41st commemoration of the Roe vs. Wade decision which legalized abortion in this country, I am reminded of a . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 14, 2014
Having just celebrated the Epiphany, wherein we commemorate the journey and adoration of three wise, and brave, kings for our newborn Savior ( Matthew 2:1-12), . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 11, 2014
I invite you to review the ten points below and ask yourself if any of them seem familiar or remind you of any particular group or person. This list is . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 9, 2014
When good Americans die, they go to Paris. -Oscar Wilde
Let me begin by assuring you that this article has very little to do with the city of Paris, . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 21, 2013
It does not happen very often, and so when it does, we should recognize it for what it is. There are times when a decision or move is both the wrong thing . . .
Gabriel Garnica
October 31, 2013
Recently, the Archbishop of Los Angeles, Jose Gomez, participated in the ceremony honoring the passage of California's undocumented driver license bill. . . .
Gabriel Garnica
September 3, 2013
The longer I live, the more convinced I become that the ultimate value of infinity approximates the number of creative ways in which the Left can spin . . .
Gabriel Garnica
August 23, 2013
As a Latino, I have faced my share of racism over the years, and I think I know it when I see it. My current definition of racism is having a distorted, . . .
Gabriel Garnica
August 6, 2013
Live truth instead of professing it. ~Elbert Hubbard
I was going to write a piece detailing Al Sharpton's sordid history of race peddling, opportunism, . . .
Gabriel Garnica
July 24, 2013
Every once in a while, stories emerge which crystallize our collective national disconnect, and this is one of those times. Amid all of the despicable . . .
Gabriel Garnica
July 9, 2013
As I work my way through the rhetorical tennis match between pro-abortion and pro-life supporters in light of the infamous "Hail Satan" chant by pro . . .
Gabriel Garnica
June 27, 2013
If I call myself a vegetarian, but I eat meat when it suits me, am I truly a vegetarian? Likewise, if I call myself a vegetarian, but I redefine . . .
Gabriel Garnica
June 19, 2013
Three unique approaches to the abortion and illegal immigration debates involve seeing these two political and social footballs in the context of border . . .
Gabriel Garnica
June 5, 2013
It seems that a small town near Madrid has a very creative way of making dog owners think twice before distributing their pet's poop all over town with regard . . .
Gabriel Garnica
June 2, 2013
The abortion lobby has plenty of experience when it comes to hiding the truth, twisting facts, and pretending to care, but never have these people been . . .
Gabriel Garnica
April 23, 2013
In case you missed it, the Gosnell trial and the handling of the Boston bombing suspects represent just what is wrong with this administration's "handling" . . .
Gabriel Garnica
April 13, 2013
"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men" Abraham Lincoln
When the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke story broke, the non-stop media . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 25, 2013
As I sit here writing about the vile rubbish that is The Testament of Mary, a stunning irony has occurred to me. This blasphemous play starts previews the . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 16, 2013
One of the most insidious, and effective methods used by socialists and Leftists alike to neutralize and destroy their opposition follows a familiar and . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 7, 2013
The Left has played its "war on women" theme to the tilt, ignoring the fact that many of its own policies and agenda actually perpetuate harm against women in . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 26, 2013
A living national treasure, to my way of thinking, is someone who epitomizes, crystallizes, if you will, what this country is about. Such a person is a . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 21, 2013
I wish I had come up with the catchy phrase above but, as far as I can tell, the original author is unknown, so I cannot give credit where credit is due. . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 13, 2013
So Chris Rock, last seen waving a gun in Lethal Weapon 4 and Nurse Betty, is now lecturing us about the responsibility of gun control by reminding us that . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 6, 2013
As I write this, the Baltimore Ravens and their retiring leader Ray Lewis celebrate a second Super Bowl title in NFL heaven while the New York Jets and . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 24, 2013
The first family handpicked their close friend, megastar Beyonce, to sing the National Anthem at President Obama's inauguration because they must have felt . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 17, 2013
The statement that one can measure the greatness of a society by how it treats its weakest members has been attributed to an array of historical figures . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 21, 2012
The Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery in Midtown Manhattan recently concluded an exhibition of the despicably offensive Andres Serrano work of trash called . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 13, 2012
It finally happened. On Election Day, 2012, any doubt that our country has become a recurring episode of The View was erased once and for all. In fact, we . . .
Gabriel Garnica
October 31, 2012
Sometimes, in the course of human and political events, the tragic trifecta of Power, Incompetence, and Arrogance (PIA) come together to result in disaster, . . .
Gabriel Garnica
October 24, 2012
A picture is worth a thousand words, thousands of votes, and millions of unborn lives. Such is the case with the image of Cardinal Timothy M.Dolan, . . .
Gabriel Garnica
October 9, 2012
"Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!" George Carlin
While I never expected to begin an . . .
Gabriel Garnica
September 25, 2012
In a stunning move, Barack Obama took time during his UN speech today to inform the world that he will be taking over as the NFL Commissioner effective . . .
Gabriel Garnica
September 20, 2012
It is fitting that Clint Eastwood, the iconic star of the epic 1966 Spaghetti western The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, spoke at this year's GOP convention. . . .
Gabriel Garnica
August 23, 2012
At first glance, one might think that any title linking the brainless smut Fifty Shades of Grey with Catholicism is at least contradictory and at worst . . .
Gabriel Garnica
July 14, 2012
You know those slapstick scenes where someone is drinking water and overhears or is told something that so shocks them as to cause them to spray the room and . . .
Gabriel Garnica
June 20, 2012
Every once in a while one hears a comment so idiotic, so utterly mindless, yet so emblematic of a particular group's thinking, that it at once crystallizes both . . .
Gabriel Garnica
June 6, 2012
The Smoking Gun
The notion of sinister forces manipulating women through simplistic yet shrewdly marketed and biased media propaganda and hype is nothing . . .
Gabriel Garnica
May 12, 2012
Imagine if Abraham Lincoln had started his famous Gettysburg Address this way! Perhaps ten-year-old Tad could have provided our greatest president with pearls . . .
Gabriel Garnica
May 10, 2012
In case you have not heard everything, then take a seat and listen to this beauty. The Obama Administration, without a doubt the most pro-abortion government . . .
Gabriel Garnica
May 4, 2012
"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." Abraham Lincoln
To be honest, I was tempted to begin this article with an extensive . . .
Gabriel Garnica
April 13, 2012
Recently, the Six Rivers Planned Parenthood of Eureka, California posted a brochure for "40 Days of Prayer" http://www.plannedparenthood.org/srpp/clergy . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 31, 2012
After seeing the pro-life movie October Baby get bashed by 75% of the film critics and praised by over 90% of the audience, I saw the film myself last weekend . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 21, 2012
I recently wrote an article detailing how the American Catholic Church is fighting its detractors with both hands tied behind its back since practically 2/3 of . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 9, 2012
It may seem terrifying to many, as it does to me, but this election is going to be decided by the very people who, incredibly, are still undecided today. You . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 16, 2012
The day before Halloween, 1975, The New York Daily News ran an infamous headline which read "Ford to City: Drop Dead" which, although never explicitly stated by . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 25, 2012
We have just passed another anniversary of one of the darkest stains in this nation's history, The Roe v. Wade fiasco and, increasingly, the belief that . . .
Gabriel Garnica
December 8, 2011
The Left is always telling us how basic and popular its positions and agenda are among the vast majority of Americans. If that is the case, then why do we find . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 9, 2011
I do not know about you, but I have come to believe that the Left and its fawning mainstream media must believe that most Americans have the intelligence of a . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 2, 2011
While the economy may be the prime issue at the moment, the interplay between religious and social attitudes will always be nearby. A case in point is the . . .
Gabriel Garnica
September 9, 2011
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to ban political speeches at the 9/11 10th anniversary services is an excellent move, but his decision to ban clergy . . .
Gabriel Garnica
July 6, 2011
Regardless of the pathetic cries of atheists, this nation is deeply rooted in Judeo-Christian tradition, as even the most cursory review of historical fact can . . .
Gabriel Garnica
May 3, 2011
I was pleased to see the 70s series Welcome Back, Kotter receive its just recognition at the recent TV Land Awards in New York City. As an educator for most of . . .
Gabriel Garnica
April 5, 2011
As some of you may know, Bizarro World was the fictional ( at least until now) world created by DC comics where everything was the complete opposite of what it . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 12, 2011
The Gospel reading this past Ash Wednesday hit a nerve in my memory. The reading, from Saint Matthew 6:1-6.16-18 touches on a topic which is a hotbed of . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 25, 2011
With the Academy Awards just around the corner, we are reminded that this annual event has been a vivid display of more than merely Hollywood's yearly film . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 12, 2011
Many argue that our country is presently a battlefield between two camps, the Left and the Right, and that is true on many levels, but there is another battle . . .
Gabriel Garnica
December 2, 2010
After reading piece upon piece describing how Lebron James' current experience with The Miami Heat leaves something to be desired so far, I must admit that I . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 26, 2010
I hope you enjoyed the 84th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade because, given NBC's increasingly stupid moves of late, the next edition's goose may be more cooked . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 10, 2010
As pro-life New Jersey Governor Christie defunds Planned Parenthood arguing and demonstrating that many of its services could be offered by other clinics and . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 3, 2010
As we move through these midterm elections and their immediate and long-term implications for the future of our beloved nation, I must address a situation which . . .
Gabriel Garnica
October 30, 2010
We have all read the tale of the emperor with no clothes. There goes a pathetic leader so sadly coddled by his handlers that everyone must pretend that he is . . .
Gabriel Garnica
October 20, 2010
Some people argue that the upcoming elections and the present tidal wave against Obama and his minions is a revolution of the people, or of true Americans. I . . .
Gabriel Garnica
September 28, 2010
It should surprise no one that Democrats have a blurred perception of distinctions. After all, I have always written and believed that that last thing Democrats . . .
Gabriel Garnica
September 21, 2010
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Chinese Proverb.
Give a man a fish and you will have his . . .
Gabriel Garnica
September 10, 2010
Accusing the Left of hypocrisy makes shooting fish in a barrel look like calculus. Each time I think I am going to run out of examples of liberals' hypocrisy . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 8, 2010
All we heard amid the Super Bowl buildup is how the ad by Focus on The Family featuring Tim Tebow and his mother was an outrageous attempt to hijack America's . . .
Gabriel Garnica
September 26, 2009
We have the ridiculous spectacle of a president which the vast majority of Americans know was carried to the White House via a fawning media entourage http:/ . . .
Gabriel Garnica
August 17, 2009
If there are two things one can count on Barack Obama and his minions to exhibit, it is a complete disregard for the truth and a similar disregard for the . . .
Gabriel Garnica
June 4, 2009
Clearly, the murder of notorious abortionist George Tiller was a terrible event, simply because random violence of any kind against anyone, no matter the . . .
Gabriel Garnica
May 16, 2009
When Pilate asked Christ if he were really a king, Christ answered him: (John 18:37-38) "You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the . . .
Gabriel Garnica
May 7, 2009
It has become yet another rite of Spring, not as colorful as baseball or as welcomed as warmer weather. In fact, it should safely push allergies to second place . . .
Gabriel Garnica
April 10, 2009
I usually come to this site writing about conservative values and liberal rationalizations, but this time I do so as a prostate cancer survivor. In January of . . .
Gabriel Garnica
March 24, 2009
If you think that pondering liberal spew in isolation is a tragically comical exercise in irrational waste, try combining two such gems and you will get a month . . .
Gabriel Garnica
February 20, 2009
By now everyone has heard the story of Nadya Suleman, the unwed mother living with her parents who recently had octuplets as a result of fertility treatments . . .
Gabriel Garnica
January 6, 2009
There should be no doubt about the pathetically leftist slant of all mainstream media after the recent election spectacle, yet the endless parade of fawning . . .
Gabriel Garnica
December 15, 2008
Dear Sir — I am 232 years old. Some of my citizens say that there is no Santa Claus. Most American voters apparently think that if you see it in the news, it . . .
Gabriel Garnica
December 1, 2008
By now you must have heard how liberals everywhere, from the mainstream media to Oprah, are falling over themselves to interview a woman they were mocking, . . .
Gabriel Garnica
November 8, 2008
As an educator for over two decades, I can attest to the wisdom that the teacher who tries to appease her students will end up under the desk fending off . . .
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