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In 1988, as [[Ronald W. Reagan]] was vacating the presidency, Gemma penned for '' [[USA Today]]'' an article about the "iron triangle"  of power and monied interests that perpetuate big government with deficit spending and higher taxes. The arrangement refers to a coalition of [[liberal]]  U.S. representative and senators, [[interest group]]s, and popular media, which usurp democratic institutions and are often called subgovernments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterbgemma.com/2016/04/121588-usa-today-oped-iron-triangle-rules-washington/|title=Op/Ed: “Iron Triangle” Rules Washington|date=December 1988|publisher=''USA Today]]''|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}</ref> Despite Reagan's warnings, the triangle was never seriously challenged in subsequent administrations.

In 1988, as [[Ronald W. Reagan]] was vacating the presidency, Gemma penned for '' [[USA Today]]'' an article about the "iron triangle"  of power and monied interests that perpetuate big government with deficit spending and higher taxes. The arrangement refers to a coalition of [[liberal]]  U.S. representative and senators, [[interest group]]s, and popular media, which usurp democratic institutions and are often called subgovernments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterbgemma.com/2016/04/121588-usa-today-oped-iron-triangle-rules-washington/|title=Op/Ed: “Iron Triangle” Rules Washington|date=December 1988|publisher=''USA Today]]''|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}</ref> Despite Reagan's warnings, the triangle was never seriously challenged in subsequent administrations.

In 1993, Gemma wrote for ''USA Today'' a biographical sketch of [[Dan Smoot]], the former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agent and conservative scholar who had, among other aberrant positions,  challenged [[Barry Goldwater]]  during the [[U.S. presidential election, 1964|1964 presidential campaign]] for the nominee's embrace of [[NATO]], which Smoot called a [[Globalism|globalist]] organization of questionable value.<ref name=dsmoot>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterbgemma.com/2014/01/dan-smoot/|title=Dan Smoot: The Man and His Message|author=Peter B. Gemma|date=January 1993|publisher=''[[USA Today]]''|accessdate=May 21, 2016}]</ref> Smoot later opposed the nomination of [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] to the [[United States Senate]] from [[Texas]] in 1970, the year that Bush lost to Democrat [[Lloyd Bentsen]]. Smoot also warned against the "invisible government" he viewed as the likely outcome of the domination of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] on national policy.<ref name=dsmoot/> 

In 1993, Gemma wrote for ''USA Today'' a biographical sketch of Dan Smoot, the former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agent and conservative scholar who had, among other aberrant positions, challenged [[Barry Goldwater]]  during the 1964 presidential campaign for the nominee's embrace of [[NATO]], which Smoot called a [[Globalism|globalist]] organization of questionable value.<ref name=dsmoot>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterbgemma.com/2014/01/dan-smoot/|title=Dan Smoot: The Man and His Message|author=Peter B. Gemma|date=January 1993|publisher=''USA Today''|accessdate=May 21, 2016}]</ref> Smoot later opposed the nomination of [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] to the [[United States Senate]] from [[Texas]] in 1970, the year that Bush lost to Democrat [[Lloyd Bentsen]]. Smoot also warned against the "invisible government" he viewed as the likely outcome of the domination of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] on national policy.<ref name=dsmoot/> 

Gemma has written for ''The New American'', the magazine of the [[Communism|anti-communist]] [[John Birch Society]]. In this capacity, he urged the return of the [[Panama Canal]] to the supervision of the United States, something never considered since the canal was transferred to the Republic of Panama, effective in 1999. Though Gemma has supported some individual Republican politicians, he has attacked the GOP as "the party of big oil and big government."<ref name=mal/> He has also contributed to the paleoconservative publication, ''Chronicles: A Magaine of American Culure'', a publication of the [[Rockford Institute]],<ref name=pbgbio/> and is a columnist for Middle American News. He wrote as well for the defunct ''Conservative Digest'' as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Peter-Gemma/335032108|title=Peter B. Gemma|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is a contributor as well to the ''Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection: A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media'', founded by the conservative [[California]]n Ron Unz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unz.com/|title=''The Unz Review''|publisher=unz.com|accessdate=May 21, 2016}]</ref>

Gemma has written for ''The New American'', the magazine of the [[Communism|anti-communist]] [[John Birch Society]]. In this capacity, he urged the return of the [[Panama Canal]] to the supervision of the United States, something never considered since the canal was transferred to the Republic of Panama, effective in 1999. Though Gemma has supported some individual Republican politicians, he has attacked the GOP as "the party of big oil and big government."<ref name=mal/> He has also contributed to the paleoconservative publication, ''Chronicles: A Magaine of American Culure'', a publication of the [[Rockford Institute]],<ref name=pbgbio/> and is a columnist for Middle American News. He wrote as well for the defunct ''Conservative Digest'' as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Peter-Gemma/335032108|title=Peter B. Gemma|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is a contributor as well to the ''Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection: A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media'', founded by the conservative [[California]]n Ron Unz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unz.com/|title=''The Unz Review''|publisher=unz.com|accessdate=May 21, 2016}]</ref>