Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
Posted on August 20, 2016
By Paul H. Jossey As we watch the Republican Party tear itself to shreds over Donald Trump, perhaps it’s time to take note of another conservative political phenomenon that the GOP nominee has utterly eclipsed: the Tea Party. The Tea Party movement is pretty much dead now, but it didn’t die a natural death. It […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on July 4, 2016
On this day 240 years ago, New England’s most famous independent wholesaler, John Hancock, and Congress’s stenographer, Charles Thomson, signed a parchment. We celebrate that signing annually, often by setting off low-tariff fireworks imported from China. Most Americans know little about the background of this event. The details they recall from a high school textbook […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 4, 2014
Usually, pastors avoid political issues that do not directly affect churches. They do not want to split their churches. They want those tithes and offerings. The churches are in debt, and cash flow is a consideration. Besides, they know that Americans don’t like to be told what to do in church directly. They want only […]
Continue reading →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 […]
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