Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
Written by Gary North on March 28, 2015
So, you thought you would not face the Asian hordes in your lifetime. No such luck. The hordes will soon be connected to the Web — for free. You won’t be. They will be. They will be able to say those powerful words: “I’ll do it a lot cheaper.” The price of Asian-made smart phones […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 27, 2015
The Federal Communications Commission is yesterday’s regulatory system. It is bureaucratic. It is slow. Think of it as a dial-up modem. Any time that you read that the FCC is about to take over the Internet, keep things in perspective. Click this: Alternatively, think of the FCC as the Post Office. It can announce new […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 14, 2015
This is the brave new world. Or you can use this K-5 curriculum free (until August 1): Ron Paul Curriculum.
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 10, 2015
It is really quite easy to understand what net neutrality is all about. It is Obama’s plan to bring the Internet under the control of the federal government. The Federal Communications Commission keeps announcing its authority over the Net. It was slapped down by the Supreme Court. But it’s back. This time, it wants to […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on January 9, 2015
Liberals are already counting the costs of Muslim terrorism. Here is a liberal’s dilemma. “If I run cartoons ridiculing Muhammad, I may get killed.” Check. “If I keep running materials ridiculing Christians, I won’t get killed, but I may be accused of inconsistency and cowardice.” Check. “Discretion is the better part of valor.” Check. Politico’s […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on January 9, 2015
Click the link. I dare you.
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on January 3, 2015
Around the world, governments are trying to limit the Internet. These efforts are futile. The technology of evading the government is governed by Moore’s law: a doubling of capacity every 12 months. The governments are governed by Parkinson’s law: “Work expands so as to fill the time allotted for its completion.” We see headlines like […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on December 29, 2014
Here are three rules of thumb: 1. Programmers are usually late. 2. The program will not work as promised. 3. Programmers should not be allowed to write advertising copy. With this in mind, consider this offer. These programmers say they will soon release a program that will let anyone create a custom website without any […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on December 26, 2014
This is a great personal testimony. It is also an accurate brief history of the media. He got into this by finding out about three items that we conspiracy theorists have known for 40 years or more: the origins of public relations (Edward Bernays — though not Ivy Lee, meaning that he has more to […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on December 2, 2014
CNBC ran this headline for a Reuters story: FBI warns US businesses of ‘destructive’ malware. The FBI warned U.S. businesses that hackers have used malicious software to launch destructive attacks in the United States, following a devastating cyberattack last week at Sony Pictures Entertainment. The five-page, confidential “flash” warning issued to businesses late on Monday […]
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