Gary North's Miscellany continued

This is the most forthright warning on the fiscal consequences of the Social Security/Medicare welfare programs that any high-level U.S. government official has issued. This year is the 70th anniversary of the Social Security Act.... keep reading

This cartoon justifies the suicide bombing of Israeli troops. It is clear that there has been an escalation of official anti-Israel propaganda under Iran's new ruler.... keep reading

The Passion of the Christ was released on Ash Wednesday in 2004. Within six weeks, it was the #7 film in gross receipts in American history: over $370 million. The Left had fought this movie from the day that word leaked out that he would produce it. Here's why.... keep reading

"Bad news sells." So the news media experts have always said. "If it bleeds, it leads." Here is an exception: a website devoted exclusively to good news. Here is a true business success story. The site has come out of nowhere. It will make a bundle.... keep reading

I have used this statistic to forecast every U.S. recession since 1980. It has never been wrong. Here is a reprint of the December 3, 2001 issue of my newsletter, Gary North's Reality Check, in which I described how I called the 2001 recession a year earler.... keep reading

The death of Peter Drucker at age 95 brings to a close a legendary career. His first book appeared in 1933. He was writing and giving interviews to the end. His was a model career for every writer.... keep reading

In 2005, Yale University's overall expenses climbed to $40,000 a year. This will increase. What do students get for their parents' enormous sacrifice? In earning power, nothing beyond what any college degree would bring. Here are the facts . . . and a discount solution.... keep reading

Ignore these laws at your peril. Of course, you will break equally fundamental ones instead. If I have forgotten any, let me know.... keep reading

Why a college degree counts: employers are stupid. Fortunately, there are ways to beat the system . . . cheap. Here's one way.... keep reading

At age 25, Buckley established his national reputation with this book. It was a study of liberalism on America's #2 academic campus. How bad were things in 1951? How did he hope to make things better? Why did his plan fail . . . everywhere?... keep reading

The holidays are the killer season, both for dieters and savers. Here is a way to solve the savings problem.... keep reading

With the rising popularity of bankruptcy as a legal way for corporations to shed expensive retirement programs, the retired person needs to keep his options open. Here is a good way to do this.... keep reading

The results of the Zogby poll of viewers of "The West Wing" showed that the younger viewers, ages 18 to 30, overwhelmingly preferred the Republican Conservative candidate (Alan Alda) on Sunday night's live debate. The show's liberal script writers are in panic mode.... keep reading

Some things just don't add up. Baptist Memorial took 95,000 man-hours to detonate. Compare this with the collapse of WTC #7.... keep reading

The research of Dr. Keith Chen on monkeys reveals that monkeys can learn the basics of buying things rationally. But they do not save. They prefer to steal. Call it "monkey business." It's bad for business. I hope you are doing better than a monkey.... keep reading

Buy low, sell high. What you are about to see is a classic example. It was bought in 1978 for $30,000. It is now worth $1.2 million. Wait until you see it. Home sweet home.... keep reading