A classic aphorism

On the eve of Election Day Bickerstaff recalls, when he was but a lad, his father telling his children not long after the 1964 election: “They told me if I voted for Goldwater there would be inflation, our cities would go up in flames, and crime would soar. I voted for Goldwater and by God, they were right.”

Has anything changed?

Barry Goldwater, a prophet without honor, not even in his own country.

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Anthony Chase Fountain

The Tatler of 1709 was founded by Jonathan Swift, aka Isaac Bickerstaff. The Taos Tatler was founded by ex-New Yorker Anthony Fountain in 2018, in the same spirit, he hopes, as the original. Please send mail to taostatler@gmail.com.

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