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Gary North
Written by Gary North on June 11, 2014
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated by an unknown Tea Party candidate in the Republican primary: 56% to 44%. The vote was not close. Cantor’s polls had predicted a 62% victory. “No problem.” This has sent the Republican Establishment a message: “You can run, but you can’t hide.” Those Establishment Republicans who have publicly […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 29, 2014
Congressman Ralph Hall of Texas lost in a primary bid for an 18th term. I voted for him in the first year he was elected, 1980. He later switched to the Republicans. Ron Paul supported him this time. But, at 91, he has been turned out — the oldest man in Congress, and the last […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 20, 2014
The basic strategy of the two parties is here: Strategy, Part 1 Strastegy, Part 2 Strategy, Part 3 This is bipartisanship in action.
Continue reading →Posted on March 10, 2014
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says he isn’t worried about tea party-backed candidates challenging GOP incumbents in this year’s midterm elections. “I think we are going to crush them everywhere,” McConnell told the New York Times in an interview published Saturday. “I don’t think they are going to have a single nominee anywhere in […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 1, 2014
I turned 72 in February. I want to make a few comments on the history of the American Right, while I still have my wits about me. I have spent my life on the fringes of academia. I earned a Ph.D., but I never went into full-time teaching. Well, not quite never. In the fall […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 24, 2014
Are things getting better? Are things getting worse? This question still divides the American Right. On the moral front, things are getting worse. On the economic front, things are getting better. It is true that median family income, adjusted for price inflation, slowed dramatically, beginning around 1974. But in the crucial areas of information and […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on December 12, 2013
Paul Ryan was a flake from day one. Now he has proven it. He has joined with Patty Murray (Democrat) to propose the scrapping of the sequester. Obama says he will sign the deal. I guess so! Here is what USA Today announced. For Paul Ryan, budget deal may be a career turning point. I […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 11, 2013
It took me from 1973 until 2012 to complete my 31-volume set, An Economic Commentary on the Bible. That was the homework assignment. Now I have to begin putting the pieces together. I want to write a large book that is comparable to Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations or Ludwig von Mises’ Human Action. But […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 13, 2013
Sen. Harry Reid is crying great crocodile tears for House Speaker John “TARP” Boehner. He says that Boehner is dealing with Anarchists: Tea Party members. “As I said on the floor today, the anarchists are winning. Anything that can be done to slow down, hurt or get rid of government any way, that’s good. Shutting […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 21, 2013
Tea Party groups are organizing a national rally to protest the IRS’s invasive tactics against conservative organizations. An interactive map of where the meetings will be held is here. This has been great publicity for the Tea Party movement. It is likely to grow. Here is why this is important. Bureaucracies fear three things, and […]
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