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| | | occupation = [[Journalist]]; political activist | | | occupation = [[Journalist]]; political activist |
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| − | | party = [[Republican Party|Republican]]-turned-[[Reform Party]]-turned [[Constitution rty]. | + | | party = [[Republican Party|Republican]]-turned-[[Reform Party]]-turned [[Constitution Party]. |
| | | name = Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr. | | | name = Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr. |
| | | birth_date = September 13, 1950 | | | birth_date = September 13, 1950 |
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| | |religion =[[Christianity]] | | |religion =[[Christianity]] |
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| − | '''Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr.''' (born September 13, 1950), is a free-lance writer and [[conservative]] [[political activist]] originally from [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], currently based in [[Sarasota]], [[Florida]]. He has written for such publications as ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Human Events]]'' (a national weekly newspaper, since a [[website]]), ''The Washington Examiner'', ''Military History'', ''Quarterly Review'' of [[Great Britain]], and ''The Daily Caller''. | + | '''Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr.''' (born September 13, 1950), is a free-lance writer and [[conservative]] political activist originally from [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], currently based in Sarasota, [[Florida]]. He has written for such publications as ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Human Events]]'' (a national weekly newspaper, since a [[website]]), ''The Washington Examiner'', ''Military History'', ''Quarterly Review'' of [[Great Britain]], and ''The Daily Caller''. |
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| − | His 2006 book, ''Shots Fired: Sam Francis on America’s Culture War,” published by the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation of Vienna, [[Virginia]], is an edited study of the late [[paleoconservative]] columnist, Samuel T. Francis, with foreword by [[Pat Buchanan]] and afterword by [[Joseph Sobran]], two of Gemma's mentors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/author/peter-gemma/|title=About Peter Gemma|publisher=''Independent Political Report''|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He has also worked for The Political Cesspool, a weekly [[radio]] [[talk show]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/search/people/Peter-B-Gemma/Sarasota-FL|title=Peter B. Gemma|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> | + | His 2006 book, ''Shots Fired: Sam Francis on America’s Culture War,” published by the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation of Vienna, [[Virginia]], is an edited study of the late [[paleoconservative]] columnist, Samuel T. Francis, with foreword by [[Pat Buchanan]] and afterword by [[Joseph Sobran]], two of Gemma's mentors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/author/peter-gemma/|title=About Peter Gemma|publisher=''Independent Political Report''|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He has also worked for The Political Cesspool, a weekly [[radio]] talk show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/search/people/Peter-B-Gemma/Sarasota-FL|title=Peter B. Gemma|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> |
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