Best Articles of 2007

It is time for the best articles of 2007. These articles were selected from roughly 10,000 articles this year. More than 400 articles appeared in this year's 52 POLITICAL UPDATES.

Immigration was the most frequent topic, inspiring eight updates. Second was environmentalism/global warming with six, and third was the North American Union with five. What follows are my choices, in chronological order, for the ten most important news or opinion pieces of 2007.

Phyllis Schlafly: Bush's Plan To Bankrupt Social Security
A secret agreement with Mexico would give illegal immigrants Social Security benefits.
William Jasper: Putin's Russia
Russia is controlled by the KGB, and is increasingly dictatorial.
Donald Devine: How To Win War on Terror
There is progress in the war on terror, which can be won through prudence, not hysteria.
Gregory Hession: This is Child Protection?
Government 'child protection' agencies often break up families, abuse children, and violate civil liberties.
Phyllis Schlafly: Economic Integration on the March
The North American Union is composed of elements including the SPP, NAFTA Superhighway, amnesty, and more.
Walter Williams: Deadly environmentalists
Environmentalism is an anti-human ideology that has claimed millions of lives.
Jerome Corsi: Mexico's Fox openly calls for North American Union
Former Mexican President admits a plan for North American Union.
William Jasper: Continental Merger
More and more evidence confirms a plan for North American Union.
Ann Coulter: McCarthyism: The Rosetta Stone of Liberal Lies
Senator Joe McCarthy was correct and has been smeared by liberals.
William Jasper: Chinopoly
China is still communist, and its prosperity is the result of American government policies.

Honorable Mentions:
Mac Johnson: Onward Christian Mothers...
Pat Buchanan: Corruption in the Schools
Ron Paul: The Coming Entitlement Meltdown
Ann Coulter: Let Them Eat Tofu!
Sam Antonio: Punished for Doing Their Job
Ann Coulter: Bush's America: Roach Motel
William Jasper: Behind the Job Loss
Jacob Hornberger: Tyranny and the Military Commissions Act
Michael Telzrow: The New Chinese Take-Out
Phyllis Schlafly: Deep-Six The Law Of The Sea
Steven Greenhut: Liberate the Public Schools
Thomas Sowell: Mugged By Reality: Part III
William Jasper: Behind Islamic Terror
Phyllis Schlafly: Scholars Explain Bush's SPP
John Stossel: Our Crazy Health-Insurance System
Thomas Sowell: An Investment in Failure
Gregory Hession: Behavior Worth Medicating?

Previous:
Best of 2006
Best of 2005

Environmentalism

This update focuses on environmentalism. Congress recently passed an energy bill that will increase gas prices, regulations, and car crashes. Liberals continue to perpetuate the global warming myth. Al Gore won an Oscar for his fraudulent documentary. More critics of the global warming myth are speaking out.

John Lott: The High Cost of Higher MPG restrictions
Michael Economides: Biofuels Balderdash
Terry Easton: Moving Deck Chairs on the Titanic
Bob Unruh: Hundreds of scientists reject global warming
James Inhofe: Climate Bill Will Devastate American Families and Jobs
Chris Horner: A Cry for Help, Wanted
Deroy Murdock: Al Gore, Global Warming and Convenient Untruths
John Stossel: The Free Market Does It Better
Mac Johnson: Excess Environmentalists -- The Greatest Threat to Planet Earth
Dennis Behreandt: The Economics of Climate Change
Chris Horner: Algore’s Nobel Prize for Globaloney

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. There have been important developments in the case of Ramos and Compean. Liberals continue to promote amnesty, and the government refuses to enforce the law.

Joe Guzzardi: 2007 In Review: Immigration Patriots Demolish Treason Lobby “Sewer Rats”
Michelle Malkin: The Incredible Disappearing Border Fence
Michelle Malkin: Meet the GOP's Border Control Cross-Dressers
Phyllis Schlafly: To Assimilate Or Not To Assimilate; That's The Question
Mac Johnson: Criminal Aliens Not Sent Home
Jerome Corsi: Feds admit smuggler lied in Ramos-Compean case
Ron Paul: On Illegal Immigration and Border Security
Jim Boulet: The Salvation Army or the Hispanic Caucus?
Ann Coulter: NYT: An Undocumented Newspaper
Ann Coulter: NYT: Suicide Manual for Dems
Jerome Corsi: Arrest prompts call for release of Ramos, Compean

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Government

This update focuses on government. Government threatens prosperity, civil liberties, and national sovereignty. More freedom is necessary.

Ron Paul: Pain at the Pump
Thomas Sowell: Political "Solutions"
Jed Babbin: Hawaii Five-0-Five
Wilton Alston: Living Under Surveillance
Gregory Hession: Behavior Worth Medicating?
Gary North: On Fixing Social Security
Ron Paul: Keeping Promises to Seniors
Terry Easton: Social Security, Ponzi Schemes and Moral Hazards
Terry Easton: Of Traveler’s Checks, Green Stamps, & Little Iron Men
Robert Rector: Are Our 37 Million Poor Really Poor?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Education

This update focuses on education. Government control and liberalism continue to damage education in both colleges and government schools. More freedom is needed.

Thomas Sowell: Expanding Opportunities
John Derbyshire: Diversity Boot Camp Closed At The University Of Delaware—But Big Brother Is Still Going Strong
Bob Unruh: University to students: 'All whites are racist'
Thomas Sowell: Prestige Versus Education
Walter Williams: Academic Cesspools
Phyllis Schlafly: Advice To College Students: Don't Major In English
Ann Coulter: Have You Hugged an Islamo-Fascist Today?

Lance Izumi: The Myth of the Middle-Class School
Michelle Malkin: Fuzzy Math: A Nationwide Epidemic
Walter Williams: Bitter Partisan Politics
John Stossel: Turning Kids into Sex Offenders

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Gun Rights

This update focuses on gun rights. The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear DC vs Heller, a case on the Second Amendment. Gun control continues to cost lives.

Republican Michigander: SCOTUS and the 2nd Amendment ruling (DC v Heller Preview) (Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5)
Jed Babbin: The Second Amendment Wedge
Mike Cox: Second Amendment Showdown
Andrew Fischer: Guns and Frogs
Larry Elder: Do "Gun-Free" Zones Encourage School Shootings?
John Lott: Guns Don't Kill Kids, Irresponsible Adults With Guns Do
John Lott: D.C.'s Flawed Reasoning

Daily gun news is available at NRA-ILA and Keep and Bear Arms.

United Nations

This update focuses on the United Nations. The UN promotes world government and socialism. The World Court seeks to overrule our courts in the case of Medellin v. Texas. The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), which would impose global taxes and restrict America's navy, passed the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.

Phyllis Schlafly: Supreme Court Case Proves "LOST" Must Sink
Andy McCarthy: Medellin (and Bush) v. Texas
John Cornyn: National Sovereignty: Protecting It
Jeffrey Gayner: LOST is a Loss for the United States
Gun Owners of America: Senate Considering Treaty That Could Affect Gun Rights
Nile Gardiner: Happy UNday?
Jed Babbin: Is America's Sovereignty Obsolete?
William Jasper: French Socialist to Head IMF
Jack Langer: UNTolerance

More information:
Get US Out of the UN
Eagle Forum: United Nations

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism. The ugly truth about liberalism is hidden beneath noble rhetoric. Liberal organizations advocate perverse policies.

Ann Coulter: McCarthyism: The Rosetta Stone of Liberal Lies
Thomas Sowell: An Investment in Failure
David Limbaugh: The Liberal Compassion Mirage
Ann Coulter: Another Liberal Noose-ance

Ann Coulter: How Long Before the ADL Kicks Out All its Jews?
Robert Spencer: CAIR plays defense
Robert Bluey: Liberals Target Labor-Union Watchdog
John Gizzi: Foundations of Betrayal: How the Super-Rich Undermine America

Much information on liberal individuals and organizations can be found at David Horowitz's Discover the Network site.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. The immigration debate continues on the campaign trail and in Congress. The Senate recently defeated one amnesty (the DREAM Act), and briefly considered another (the AgJobs bill). New York Governor Elliot Spitzer recently ordered that illegal aliens receive drivers licences, and Hillary Clinton offered support for this plan. Cultural decline is both a cause and effect of immigration.

Mike Franc: SCHIP's Path for Illegal Immigrants
Dana Rohrabacher: President Bush Should Quickly Pardon Jailed Border Agents
James Edwards: Open-Borders Politician Impersonates Law-and-Order Stalwart
Frosty Wooldridge: Vaporizing Our American Culture
Martin Golden: Fast Lane to Disaster
Joe Guzzardi: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer—Latest Toast Of The Treason Lobby
Pat Buchanan: Demography No Laughing Matter in Russia
Pat Buchanan: Mexican Imperialism Comes Out Of The Closet
Phyllis Schlafly: Dream Act Is Backdoor Amnesty
Martha Zoller: The DREAM Act -- Really a Nightmare?
Kris Kobach: A Sleeper Amnesty: Time to Wake Up from the DREAM Act

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Health Care

This update focuses on health care. Liberals continue to promote socialist health care. The SCHIP program has been a subject of debate in Washington. Hillary Clinton and Michael Moore have promoted more government control of health care. Insurance contributes to the problem. The free market is the answer.

John Stossel: Medical Competition Works for Patients
Ron Paul: Congressional Control of Health Care is Dangerous for Children
John Stossel: Our Crazy Health-Insurance System
Ann Coulter: Is There a Trial Lawyer in the House?
Michael Reagan: It’s Not Hillarycare, It’s Hillarycon
John Stossel: Socialized Medicine Is Broken and Can't Be Fixed
Thomas Sowell: No 'Health Care'?
John Stossel: Why the U.S. Ranks Low on WHO's Health-Care Study

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Law of the Sea Treaty

This update focuses on the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). LOST would give the United Nations significant control over the oceans. It would have the ability to tax and to restrict naval activity. LOST is expected to appear before the Senate soon.

Cliff Kincaid: Senate Republicans May Sink Bush's U.N. Treaty
Christopher Horner: Law of the Sea Meets 'Legacy Time'
Oliver North: Permission Slip for the Sea
Pat Buchanan: George W. Bush, Globalist
Bill Clark and Ed Meese: Another U.N. Power Grab
WorldNetDaily: U.N. Law of Sea Treaty on Senate fast-track
Cliff Kincaid: Build More Ships or Hire More Lawyers?
Bill Stiegerwald: Why LOST Should Be Stopped -- An Interview
Phyllis Schlafly: Sink The Law Of The Sea Again
Cliff Kincaid: Conservatives Mobilize Against Law of the Sea Treaty

More information: Eagle Forum America's Survival

North American Union

This update focuses on North American Union (NAU). Former Mexican President Vicente Fox recently confirmed plans of the leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico to create the NAU, along with a regional currency. Plans had centered around the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), but now involve the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). It would evolve into an economic and political union, similar to the creation of the European Union.

The administration recently approved Mexican trucks to travel across America, despite opposition from Congress. Reaction continues to the recent SPP summit in Canada. Plans continue for continental superhighways.

Confirmation of a North American Union plan:
Jerome Corsi: Mexico's Fox openly calls for North American Union
Jerome Corsi: Ex-Mexican prez: 'Amero' on the way
Phyllis Schlafly: Scholars Explain Bush's SPP
William Jasper: Continental Merger

Mexican Trucks:
Michael Howe: Bush officials team with Mexico to defend trucks
Ron Paul: Regulation, Free Trade and Mexican Trucks
Jerome Corsi: Mexican trucks approved for long-haul trips in U.S.

Superhighways, SPP Summit, and more:
Phyllis Schlafly: Self-Government in Peril from the Globalists
William Jasper: Running Roughshod Over U.S. Laws
Jerome Corsi: Congress debate begins on North America Union
Jerome Corsi: 'NAFTA Superhighway stops here,' says Okla. senator
Jerome Corsi: Deal develops Canada's NAFTA Superhighway

National Security

This update focuses on national security. The war against Islamic terrorists continues. Russia and China continue to plot against America. America needs a strong national defense.

Don Devine: How To Win War on Terror
Walter Williams: Creating Effective Incentives
Douglas MacKinnon: The Two Things To Know Before Your City is Nuked By Terrorists
David Keene: Conservative Foreign Policy

William Jasper: Behind Islamic Terror
William Jasper: The Real Terror Paymasters
Robert Maginnis: This Isn’t Your Father’s Bear
Robert Maginnis: Chinese "Crackers" Attack Pentagon
Phyllis Schlafly: Americans Need China-Free Food
Pat Buchanan: Is Belgium Breaking Up?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Iraq

This update focuses on Iraq. America is fighting terrorist enemies in Iraq. Neoconservatives promoted the war to spread democracy. They promoted nation-building and equated democracy with freedom. This ideology has hurt the effort to win the war and distracted from other threats. There is some progress in the war effort.

Don Devine: Middle Way Iraq Victory
Thomas Sowell: Mugged By Reality
Thomas Sowell: Mugged By Reality: Part II
Thomas Sowell: Mugged By Reality: Part III
Jed Babbin: Fire the Neocons, Fight the War
Pat Buchanan: The Democracy Worshiper

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Environmentalism

This update focuses on environmentalism. Environmentalists continue to promote hysteria with the global warming scam. Government environmental regulations cost both money and lives.

Walter Williams: Global Warming Hysteria
Christopher Horner: Cooking Up Global Warming
Ed Hiserodt: Blown Away
Michael Economides: Propaganda as Journalism
Walter Williams: Deadly environmentalists
Myron Ebell: Kyoto Anniversary: What it Means Today
William Jasper: Nurturing Nature
Dennis Behreandt: Rethinking Green
George Reisman: Global Warming Is Not a Threat But the Environmentalist Response to It Is

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Education

This update focuses on education. Government control and liberal indoctrination damage education. More freedom is the answer.

Phyllis Schlafly: NEA Lists Its Goals and Democrats Agree
Renny Hartmann: Free Public Education?
Deroy Murdock: 'Indoctrinate U' Diagnoses Academia's P.C. Epidemic
Joseph Farah: Teen USA Quiz: The Real Answer
Phyllis Schlafly: The Latest Fad In Public Schools
Michael Rozeff: Cut the Alma Mater Cord
William Borst: American Education: Beyond Frankfurt and Dewey
Terry Jeffrey: A Teaching Moment From the District of Columbia
Steven Greenhut: Liberate the Public Schools

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. Illegal immigration continues to cause problems in America. Enforcing the law works when tried, but the government is reluctant to do so.

WorldNetDaily: Mandatory deportation has illegals on the run
Ann Coulter: 1 Down, 11,999,999 to Go
John Stone: Operation Jump Start: Failure by Design
Martha Zoller: Illegal Immigration, Crime And Campaign ‘08
Pat Buchanan: Robert Putnam: Diversity Is Our Destruction
Kris Kobach: A Judicial Setback for the Rule of Law
Thomas Woods: Founding Fathers Were Immigration Skeptics
Michelle Malkin: Deport them Now
Phyllis Schlafly: Trade Demands a Level Playing Field
Douglas MacKinnon: Illegal Aliens Declare War on the United States

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Government

This update focuses on government. Government spending continues to bleed the taxpayers. Regulations take away freedom. Government performs many tasks poorly.

Ron Paul: Aging Infrastructure
Don Devine: Caesar or God: Who Is Dead?
Ron Paul: High Risk Spending
Mac Johnson: The NSA Can’t Invade Our Privacy -- It’s Under IRS Occupation Already
Thomas Sowell: A Bridge Too Far Gone
Ron Paul: As Recess Begins, Spending Spree Continues
Terry Jeffrey: D.C.'s Assault on the Second Amendment
Lynn Woolley: The Un-Fairness Doctrine
JD Foster: Medicare: $3.8 Trillion Worse
Ron Paul: Earmark Victory May Be A Hollow One
Tim Carney: Administration Poised to Subsidize China’s Nuclear Industry
Walter Williams: FDA: Friend or Foe?

Law of the Sea Treaty

This update focuses on the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). LOST would give the United Nations significant control over the oceans. It would have the ability to tax and to restrict naval activity. LOST is expected to appear before the Senate soon.

Cliff Kincaid: Wall Street Journal Lies About Sea Treaty
Frank Gaffney: Russian L.O.S.T. and found
Doug Bandow: An Administration LOST at Sea
Phyllis Schlafly: Deep-Six The Law Of The Sea
WorldNetDaily: Bush to pressure Senate to revive U.N. sea treaty

Jerome Corsi: Now Africa heads toward continental government
Pat Buchanan: The New World Order GOP

More information:
Eagle Forum
Get US Out of the UN

North American Union

This update focuses on North American Union. The third Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit was held in Canada recently. The House of Representatives passed an amendment sponsored by Duncan Hunter to prohibit funding for the SPP by 362 to 63. Congress is discussing changing America's patent system.

Jerome Corsi: Bush doesn't deny plans for N. American Union
Phyllis Schlafly: Economic Integration on the March
Allan Wall: Yes, Virginia (Dare), There Is An SPP. And It Means (Big) Business
Robert Dacy: Highway Robbery: Online Exclusive
Phyllis Schlafly: Americans Need China-Free Food
Steve Sailer: The New York Times, The NAU, And The Burden Of Empire
Jerome Corsi: OKC mayor washes hands of North American Union
Jerome Corsi: Secret memo: One-world agenda dominates SPP summit
Jerome Corsi: Now Cheney chimes in: Ain't no superhighways
Phyllis Schlafly: Time To Stand Up for America
Phyllis Schlafly: Foreign Trade Demands A Level Playing Field
Phyllis Schlafly: So-Called Patent Reform Cheats U.S. Inventors

Now that the game plan is laid out, we can connect the dots that promote economic integration of North America:
* the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, its Working Groups in the Commerce Department, and its summits in Waco, Cancun and Quebec
* NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
* CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement)
* the admission of Mexican trucks onto our highways
* the "harmonization" of our unique and successful American patent system with inferior foreign systems
* the contract to build the TransTexas Corridor
* the plans to extend it into a NAFTA Super Highway
* making Kansas City an international "port"
* the "totalization" of illegal aliens into our Social Security system
* the WTO rules that allow foreign countries to subsidize exports and penalize imports by tariffs disguised as the VAT (Value Added Tax)
* the sale of our infrastructure such as tollroads and ports to foreign companies
* the recently defeated Senate amnesty bill. That bill would have integrated 20 million illegal aliens into our labor force, locked us (by Section 413) into the SPP, and spent massive foreign aid to "improve the standard of living in Mexico."
--Phyllis Schlafly

Family

This update focuses on the family. The family is the bedrock of society, but cultural liberalism and government policies threaten it.

Gregory Hession: This is Child Protection?
Gregory Hession: Families Separated by the State
Phyllis Schlafly: A Child's Right To A Father And Mother
Linda Chavez: Quit Complaining
Thomas Sowell: Cultural Heritages
Ericka Andersen: If Abortion Were Illegal
John Lott: Abortion Brings on Illegitimacy Too
Allan Carlson: The World Congress of Families
Pat Buchanan: Gen. Pace vs. Parson Warner

For more on the family, see Focus on the Family.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on hews from abroad. Russia, China, and Iran continue to cause trouble on the international scene.

Anthony LoBaido: From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe
Michael Telzrow: The New Chinese Take-Out
Ilan Berman: Signs of Iranian Troublemaking are Everywhere
Jed Babbin: Let’s Undo the Concessions to Iran
Monica Crowley: The New/Old Cold War
Susan Easton: Tempest in a Radioactive Teapot
Thomas Sowell: After Iraq: Part II
Terry Jeffrey: A Congress of Fools
Aryeh Spero: Has the Sun Set on the British Isle?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Health Care

This update focuses on health care. Liberals continue to advocate socialist medicine. Michael Moore's new movie promotes socialism and communism. The free market is the solution to America's health care problems.

Walter Williams: Health Care: Government vs. Private
Marsha Blackburn: SCHIPing Away at Seniors' Medicare Benefits
WorldNetDaily: MANIA: The shocking link between psychiatric drugs, suicide, violence and mass murder
Humberto Fontova: Moore’s Pro-Castro Propaganda Hides Cuban Suffering
Deroy Murdock: 'SKiPO': Michael Moore's 'SiCKO' Skips Over Facts on Road to Government Medicine
Ericka Andersen: 'Sicko': A Universal Nightmare
Stuart Browning: Socialized Medicine is Sicko

Constitutional Rights

This update focuses on Constitutional Rights. Many government policies threaten freedom and civil liberties. Limiting government power is necessary to protect freedom.

Ron Paul: Signing Statements Erode Constitutional Balance
David Calderwood: OSHA Visits Wonderland
Dennis Bereandt: Pushing National IDs
Jacob Hornberger: Tyranny and the Military Commissions Act
Kevin Gutzman: Ex-Constitution
Vin Suprynowicz: ‘No-Knock’ Searches Get People Killed

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Money

This update focuses on money. Government control of money can lead to inflation, recessions, and other problems.

Terry Easton: Government-Controlled Markets Destroy Them
Gary North: Why Most Voters Accept Inflation
David Saied: Panama Has No Central Bank
Gary North: Trading Bank Runs for a Systemic Bank Failure
Ron Paul: The Federal Reserve Monopoly over Money
Ron Paul: Don't Blame the Market for Housing Bubble

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. The Bush-Kennedy amnesty has been defeated, but America wtill faces serious immigration problems. Government refusal to enforce immigration laws and subsidization of illegal immigration exacerbate these problems.

Phyllis Schlafly: The voters roared and the Senate listened
Marcus Epstein: Now That The Amnesty/Immigration Surge Bill Is Dead, What's Next?
Pat Buchanan: In Defeat, a Bush Opportunity
Gary Bauer: Lessons From the Immigration Debacle

Martha Zoller: Whose Side Is Michael Chertoff On?
Walter Williams: Illegal Immigration
Marcus Epstein: Silent Amnesty
Steve Sailer: How Carlos Slim, World’s Richest Monopolist, Provokes And Profits From The Mexodus
Michelle Malkin: The Forgotten "A" Word: Assimilation

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

North American Union

This update focuses on the North American Union. Plans continue to diminish American sovereignty. Texas has seen resistance to the Trans-Texas Corridor. A new book, The Late Great USA, by Jerome Corsi, discusses the North American Union.

WorldNetDaily: Texas governor clears way for NAFTA superhighway
WorldNetDaily: NAFTA superhighway extends north
WorldNetDaily: North American union plan headed to Congress in fall
WorldNetDaily: Business visionary predicted North American union in '93
Jerome Corsi: Rudy Giuliani tied to 'superhighways'
Jerome Corsi: Anti-'superhighway' bill prompts backlash

More information:
North American Union: Eagle Forum Stop the NAU Stop SPP
Trans-Texas Corridor: Corridor Watch

Energy and Environmentalism

This update focuses on energy and environmentalism. Government regulations increase energy prices. False solutions like ethanol are promoted while nuclear energy is discouraged. The environmental movement promotes the global warming scare as part of an anti-human ideology.

Michael Economides: Energy Bill in the Senate is Destructive
Tim Carney: Ethanol Hurts Consumers in Many Ways
Thomas Sowell: War of Words: Part II
Terry Easton: The Wacky World of Oil: Why Gasoline Will Hit $4.00 a Gallon this Summer.
Ed Hiserodt: Another Look at Nuclear Energy
Ed Hiserodt: Myths About Nuclear Energy

Vin Suprynowicz: The Only Cure for Global Warming
Mac Johnson: Ban Ki Moon: Super Genius
Ivan Osorio: Liberal ‘Scientists’ Lead Jihad Against Global-Warming Skeptics
John Stossel: How About Economic Progress Day?
Mac Johnson: You Da Man
John Berlau: The Don Imuses of the Greens

Trade

This update focuses on trade. Trade can benefit nations, but government regulations and "free trade agreements" cause job losses. Government policies can make trade have negative consequences.

William Jasper: Behind the Job Loss
William Jasper: The Trouble With Our Trade Treaties
Dennis Behreandt: Losing Our Way
Phyllis Schlafly: Prepare for the Big Issue in 2008
Phyllis Schlafly: The Price Of Imported Food Is Too High
Dennis Behreandt: High Toll on U. S. Business & Industry
Mac Johnson: Outsourcing the Arsenal of Democracy?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Education

This update focuses on education. Liberalism and government regulations lead to ignorance and indoctrination in government schools and colleges.

Walter Williams says that competition is better than monopoly.
Phyllis Schlafly exposes Virginia Tech's leftist English Department.
Phyllis Schlafly surveys ignorance and liberalism in college.
Walter Williams explains how FERPA relates to the VPI shootings.
Walter Williams writes that schools promote ignorance.
Michelle Malkin gives examples of schools villainizing Christians.
Walter Williams chronicles college liberalism.
Walter Williams shows that William and Mary is run by liberals.
Phyllis Schlafly explains how schools trample parents' rights.

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

The Bush-Kennedy Amnesty

The Bush-Kennedy amnesty appears to have been defeated for now.

Commentary on the defeat of the Bush-Kennedy amnesty.
Michelle Malkin: Kill The Bill...
Mark Krikorian: Amnesty, R.I.P.
Joe Guzzardi: Ding, Dong, The Bill Is Dead! (Probably)
WorldNetDaily: Bush wants Reid to resurrect bill

Commentary on the Bush-Kennedy amnesty.
VDARE: Ten Reasons The Amnesty/Immigration Surge Bill Is Appalling
Byron Dorgan: Unlabor Day
Mike Franc: American Support For Amnesty Fades
Human Events: Pro-Illegal-Immigrant Crowd Gets Nasty
Tom Tancredo: Senator Kyl’s Stockholm Syndrome
R Cort Kirkwood: Will Congress Turn Its Back on You When It Comes to Immigration?
Phyllis Schlafly: Immigration Sellout, Not Reform
Ron Paul: Immigration ‘Compromise’ Sells Out Our Sovereignty
Mike Franc: Amnesty's Heavy Fiscal Impact
Ericka Andersen: Amnesty for Honest Gang Bangers
Deroy Murdock: Immigration Bill Subverts Americanization, English Language
James Edwards: Amnesty Spin Zone

General commentary.
Don Feder: Ten Myths Used to Sell Amnesty to Americans
Ann Coulter: Bush's America: Roach Motel
Heather MacDonald: Illegal Immigration's Family Breakdown
Marcus Epstein: Attrition—Alternative To "Mass Deportation?"
Ann Coulter: A Green Card in Every Pot
Aryeh Spero: The Biblical Green Card?
R Cort Kirkwood: Social Security for Immigrants
William Jasper: Immigration "Reform"?

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism. Liberal organizations promote radical agendas, often hiding them behind seemingly reasonable goals. Liberalism promotes policies and attitudes that damage America. The media and labor unions advance liberal goals.

Thomas Sowell examines the anger of liberals.
Catherine Moy exposes the lies of Media Matters.
AD Lelong examines Michael Bloomberg's war on guns.
Ryan Ellis exposes labor unions' corporate campaigns.
Deroy Murdock exposes labor union thuggery.
Cheryl Chumley exposes the agenda of the Progressive Causus.
Ivan Osorio exposes the misdeeds of ACORN.
John Stossel explains how the media scares people.
Thomas Sowell explains how the media distorts marriage.

Much information on liberal individuals and organizations can be found at David Horowitz's Discover the Network site.

The Bush-Kennedy Amnesty

The Bush-Kennedy amnesty is a threat to America. The bill would provide amnesty and the possibility of citizenship to 12-20 million illegal aliens. It would cost American jobs. It would cost taxpayers $2.5 trillion dollars. It would promote gun control and threaten American sovereignty. Most conservatives and Republican presidential candidates oppose the bill.

The text of the bill (from Truth Laid Bear)

The contents of the bill.
Michelle Malkin: The comprehensive open-borders goodie bag
WND: Tax amnesty for illegals
Robert Rector: The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer
GOA: Immigration Bill Could Outlaw Gun Shops
WND: North America 'partnership' fast-tracked in border bill
Human Events: Details Revealed of Senate Compromise Bill
Ed Royce: Congressman Royce (R.-Calif.) Responds to Immigration Bill
Robert Rector: AMNESTY $$$$$

Commentary on the bill.
Thomas Sowell: The Amnesty Fraud Part I Part II Part III
Steve Sailer: Senate Amnesty Sellout–An Attempted Coup Against America
Jed Babbin: Make the Immigration Bill another "Miers Moment" for President Bush
Brian Bilbray: What Part of Illegal Don’t Senators Understand?
Mac Johnson: The Great Lie At The Heart Of The Senate Amnesty Bill
James Edwards: Blind-Faith Amnesty

Reaction to the bill.
Michael McCormack: An Incensed American
WND: Only 26% favor immigration bill
Human Events: Illegal Immigration is Key Concern to Voters
Katherine Lopez: Right Revolt

General commentary.
Wayne Simmons: Border Security: Let's Get Serious
Terry Jeffrey: Demand-Side Immigration Reform
Ann Coulter: Importing a Slave Class
Duncan Hunter: If We Build it They Won't Come
Robert Sanchez: Inviting Our Own Problems
Michelle Malkin: Jihadists Exploit Our Hospitality and Open Borders . . . Again
Michelle Malkin: A Lesson in Open-Borders Math
Lynn Woolley: Face to Face with Illegal Immigration
Pat Buchanan: The Dark Side of Diversity

Government

This update focuses on government. Government spends more and more money on wasteful and counterproductive programs. Its actions threaten free speech, freedom of religion, and civil liberties.

John Stossel argues that cutting taxes requires cutting spending.
John Stossel says the majority of Americans depend on government.
Ron Paul shows that "hate crimes" laws threaten freedom.
Dennis Behreandt explores government threats to civil liberties.
JH Huebert argues that NASA wastes taxpayer money.
Ron Paul explores the limits of government security.
Mark Fitzgibbons exposes Democrats' efforts to suppress speech.
Ron Paul explains how the government promotes racism.
Ron Paul reports that federal spending will be $3 trillion in 2008.
Helen Krieble documents the growth of government.
Kurt Hyde explains how government facilitates identity theft.
Ann Coulter documents politically motivated prosecutions.
Walter Williams explains the importance of private property.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad. Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapons, and held some British soldiers hostage for two weeks. Some disturbing elements in Islam are not widely reported. Russia continues in descent into tyranny. France recently elected a pro-America president, Nicholas Sarkozy.

Walter Williams examines the Iranian hostage situation.
Alireza Jafarzadeh examines Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's past.
Nile Gardiner examines Iran's seizure of British soldiers.
WND reports that Iran is ringed with towering mountains.

Robert Spencer examines the reality of Islamic slavery.
Aryeh Spero explains what's wrong with Islam.
Robert Spencer exposes the beliefs of radical Islam in Britain.
Robert Spencer explains the truth about Muhammad.

Michael Economides examines Putin's suppression of dissent.
Ariel Cohen examines the growing danger in Russia.
Caspar Weinberger examines what Vladimir Putin wants.
Paul Williams examines the Russian poisoning case.

Terry Hulsey reviews a book on the evil of Mao Zedong.
Mike Franc examines Chinese anti-satellite weapons.

North American Union

This update focuses on the North American Union (NAU). Opposition to the NAU continues to grow. The Idaho and Montana legislatures have passed resolutions against the NAU. The Texas legislature has passed bill delaying the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC). The Department of Transportation has approved a plan to allow Mexican trucks on American highways. The European Union and United Nations also threaten sovereignty.

Jerome Corsi reports federal government threats against Texas.
Jerome Corsi writes that the Texas legislature opposes the TTC.
WND shows that most Texans oppose the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Gary Hoitsma chronicles opposition to the Trans-Texas Corridor.

Frank Gaffney explains the ideology of transnationalism.
Jerome Corsi explains the government plan for Mexican trucks.
Phyllis Schlafly exposes new efforts for Puerto Rican statehood.
Phyllis Schlafly explains the dangers of Mexican trucks.
WND shows that many states have resolutions against the NAU.
Kelly Taylor explains Arizona State's advocacy of the NAU.

Pat Buchanan discusses opposition to the European Union.
Thomas Kilgannon shows how the United Nations rips us off.
Phyllis Schlafly shows that the UN supports the ERA and CEDAW.

More information:
North American Union: Eagle Forum Stop the NAU Stop SPP
Trans-Texas Corridor: Corridor Watch
European Union: Brussels Journal EU Referendum

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. Immigration continues to cost taxpayers money, take American jobs, and damage our sovereignty. Political elites refuse to secure our borders. Two border patrol agents were wrongfully convicted for doing their jobs.

Phyllis Schlafly shows how H-1B visas take American jobs.
WorldNetDaily shows that illegals cost 2.2 trillion a decade.
Mac Johnson explains the divide between voters and elites.
Phyllis Schlafly updates the border patrol agents' case.
JD Hayworth shows how Bank of America rewards illegals.
Phyllis Schlafly says Ramos and Compean should be freed.
Sam Antonio explains the fate of the border patrol agents.
James Edwards exposes immigration word games.
Mac Johnson explains the effects of immigration on Texas.

Gun Rights

This update focuses on gun rights. A mass shooting at Virginia Tech University exposes the fallacy of gun control. Gun rights remain under attack. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Second Amendment makes the DC gun ban unconstitutional.

Ann Coulter exposes the fallacy of gun control laws.
Michelle Malkin explains the history of Virginia Tech's gun ban.
WorldNetDaily explains Kennesaw Georgia's gun law.
Gun Owners of America reports on a gun ban in Congress.
John Lott exposes the fallacy of "gun-free zones".
Michelle Malkin documents continuing attacks on gun owners.
Mac Johnson explains the truth about the Second Amendment.
John Lott explains the history of guns in America.
Ron Paul explains that gun rights discourage tyranny.

Daily gun news is available at NRA-ILA and Keep and Bear Arms.

Global Warming

This update focuses on "global warming". Liberals continue to promote unscientific hysteria and suppress dissent from scientists. They want more government control of the economy. Warming is likely caused by the sun. A new documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle, explains the truth about global warming.

Christopher Horner shows courts want more regulations.
Vasco Kohlmayer shows global warming empowers government.
Donald Miller explains the real cause of global warming.
Thomas Sowell reviews The Great Global Warming Swindle.
Christopher Horner explains the truth about global warming.
Ann Coulter shows how liberals suppress science.
Ann Coutler says that "global warming" is anti-human.

For more, watch The Great Global Warming Swindle.

Health Care

This update focuses on health care. Government regulations continue to damage health care. The Walter Reed scandal illustrates the folly of socialized medicine. Problems with American health care are the fault of regulation, not freedom.

John Stossel shows that government regulations cost lives.
Ann Coulter shows how civil service regulations hurt America.
Terry Jeffery shows socialism caused the Walter Reed scandal.
Phyllis Schlafly exposes Merck's HPV vaccine mandate.
John Stossel explains what's wrong with Arnold's insurance plan.
Walter Williams shows that socialism produces waiting lists.
Jane Orient explains what's wrong with government health care.

Conservatism

This update focuses on conservatism. The 2008 Presidential race is well underway. Conservatives debate what candidate to support. Conservatives need to promote conservative culture and policies, not just focus on elections.

Dan Flynn says conservatives should ask who should win.
Ken Connor says that conservatives should produce candidates.
Tom VanDyke lists what conservatives got right over fifty years.
Phyllis Schlafly lists what questions to ask 2008 candidates.
Paul Weyrich says conservatives must unite around a candidate.
Donald Devine examines the state of the conservative movement.

"You see, winning in November with a big-government, pro-choice, open-borders Republican isn't really winning. It's losing. Sure, the Democrats will have lost. But the raison d'etre of the conservative movement isn't to defeat Democrats and elect Republicans. It's to make conservative ideas governing ideas."
-Dan Flynn

Government

This update focuses on government. Government takes our freedom. Spending and debt are out of control, and cannot be sustained. The government devalues our money by printing more of it.

Ron Paul explains that the national debt is fifty trillion dollars.
Walter Williams explains what's wrong with democracy.
Jeremy Lott writes that government takes our freedom.
Mike Franc writes that spending is out of control.
Carrie Lukas shows that Social Security spends too much.
Ron Paul explains the problem with political power.
J. H. Huebert explains what's wrong with NASA.
Ron Paul explains what's wrong with the dollar.
Donald Devine explains the need for limited government.
Chris Martenson shows that the government is bankrupt.
Jerome Corsi documents the decline of the dollar.
Ron Paul writes that Congress makes foreign policy.
Richard Allen explains Reagan's foreign policy.

Education

This update focuses on education. Government wastes money and fails to educate students. Liberals promotes bad ideas and indoctrination. More freedom would mean better education.

Pat Buchanan argues that government education is a failure.
Bob Unruh shows Germany enforces a Nazi ban on homeschooling.
Phyllis Schlafly explains the danger of "mental health screening".
Dan Lips explains what's wrong with federal education spending.
Phyllis Schlafly reports a new plan to centralize education.
Ann Coulter explains the truth about the Duke non-rape case.
Vin Suprynowicz explains the real history of government schools.
Elizabeth Kantor explains how English professors distort literature.

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war. Culture is the unconscious habits of society. One aspect of culture is how much people reproduce. Reproduction rates determine whether societies will survive.

The culture war is a liberal attempt to subvert traditional Western culture. Judges impose liberalism by fiat.

Joseph D'Agostino explains that abortion means fewer girls.
Mac Johnson says that Christians need to reproduce.
Joseph D'Agostino shows Europe is not reproducing.
Janice Crouse explains why abortion has declined.
John West explains the cultural impact of Darwinism.
Janice Crouse explains the need to win the culture war.
Mac Johnson asks whether the West has lost its will to survive.

Phyllis Schlafly shows that judges impose liberalism.
Thomas Sowell writes that judges engage in social engineering.
Jan LaRue criticizes Sandra O'Connor's thinking.
Phyllis Schlafly says judges affect education, sports, and property.

North American Union

This update focuses on North American Union (NAU). More information continues to emerge about the NAU. A number of resolutions have been introduced in state legislatures opposing the NAU, and the Utah House passed one.

Phyllis Schlafly explains what's wrong with globalization.
Joseph Farah provides details about the Banff forum.
WorldNetDaily shows that regulations are being harmonized.
Jerome Corsi provides more evidence about the NAU.
Bob Unruh explains who supports the NAU.
Joseph Farah responds to Michael Medved's attacks.
Jerome Corsi provides evidence in response to Michael Medved.
Jerome Corsi interviews Robert Pastor on the NAU.
Jerome Corsi writes that the dollar is in trouble.

Eagle Forum provides more information on the NAU.

Global Warming

This update focuses on "global warming." Liberals are promoting hysteria about global warming. Actual warming has been very small, and scientists dispute whether any of it is due to human activity. Wild disaster scenarios are promoted without evidence. Liberals seek to silence dissenters. The global warming movement has an anti-American agenda. Government prevents energy production and promotes false solutions. A new book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism, addresses these issues.

Dr. Timothy Ball says that "global warming" is a deception.
Jack Langer shows the global warming movement is anti-American.
Thomas Sowell writes that liberals misrepresent science, liberals smear dissenters, and a number of scientists disagree about global warming.
Ben Lieberman reviews The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism.
Walter Williams shows that liberals seek to silence skeptics.
Mike Franc says some businesses promote regulations to rip you off.

Dennis Behreandt says that Democrats propose damaging regulations.
Mike Franc writes that government prevents energy production.
Deroy Murdock writes that promoting ethanol causes problems.
Jerome Corsi debunks false notions about energy.

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism. Liberal organizations promote radical agendas, often hiding them behind seemingly reasonable goals. Liberalism promotes policies and attitudes that damage America. It is destroying Europe and will do the same to America if not stopped.

Phyllis Schlafly explains the feminist agenda of UN's CEDAW treaty.
John Tierney explains the radical agenda of Code Pink.
Joel Mowbray exposes the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
John Berlau shows that liberals want to control American corporations.
Matthew Vadum exposes George Soros' Democracy Alliance.
Matthew Vadum exposes the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Thomas DiLorenzo shows Publishers Weekly promotes liberal books.

Aryeh Spero shows how liberalism is destroying Europe.
Aryeh Spero shows how cultural Marxism attacks Christianity.
Aryeh Spero argues that many liberals are anti-American.

Much information on liberal individuals and organizations can be found at David Horowitz's Discover the Network site.

Poverty

This update focuses on poverty. Poverty is the norm throughout human history; prosperity is the result of specific attitudes and actions. Wealth is created; it is not handed down from the sky to be distributed. Liberals are ignorant of economics and seek to empower government. Their actions make poverty worse. Liberals are obsessed with "inequality," while conservatives promote prosperity for all.

Thomas Sowell writes that obsession with inequality empowers government, geography and culture determine poverty or prosperity, liberals exploit poverty for political gain, economic value is subjective, and liberals have no right to make economic decisions for others.
Sowell shows that conservatives give more to charity than liberals.
Sowell shows that Hollywood posturing hurts the poor.
Sowell writes that poverty is a result of self-destructive behavior.
Mac Johnson shreds the strange obsession with "inequality".

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. It was recently revealed that President Bush signed a "totalization" agreement that will spend billions to give Social Security to legal and illegal Mexicans in America. Government policies continue to cause our immigration disaster.

Phyllis Schlafly shows that totalization will cost America billions.
Rep. Ron Paul explains the Social Security totalization agreement.
Michelle Malkin shows that immigration raids are politically timed.
Mac Johnson explains that America has worse than open borders.
Phyllis Schlafly shows that two border guards are innocent.
Phyllis Schlafly recounts damaging information about immigration.
Phyllis Schlafly explains how H-1B visas hurt high-tech workers.
Rep. Tom Tancredo explains how immigration has affected Miami.

Gun Rights

This update focuses on gun rights. Gun control increases crime and empowers government. Most Americans support gun rights, but liberals may try to impose more gun control.

John Snyder chronicles Michael Bloomberg's attack on gun rights.
Gun Owners of America summarizes the fight for gun rights in 2006.
Lawrence Keane shows that America didn't vote for gun control.
Steve Chapman explains how concealed carry saves lives.
Ron Paul explains the state of the debate about gun control.
Dave Kopel shows that gun control does not keep schools safe.

Daily gun news is available at NRA-ILA and Keep and Bear Arms.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad. Communists continue to oppress millions of people. Radical Islam is fighting to impose its will. The United Nations dreams of world government. The West is declining. Yet victory is possible when America acts.

William Jasper exposes continuing KGB control of Russia.
Larry Kelley reports a victory against terrorists in Somalia.
Humberto Fontova chronicles the crimes of Fidel Castro.
Ed Timperlake asks whether China has allied with radical Islam.
Dennis Behreandt shows the United Nations is America's enemy.
Pat Buchanan explains the failure of neoconservative policies.
Jerome Corsi explains Iran's involvement in the Iraq war.
Joseph D'Agostino explains that Canada is dying out.
Walter Williams examines the economic decline of Europe.
William Rusher chronicles the spread of nuclear weapons.
Janice Crouse shows that the United Nations promotes abortion.

Environmentalism

This update focuses on environmentalism. Environmentalism is an anti-human philosophy that seeks the end of civilization and genocide against humanity. It has already killed millions through a ban on DDT. Environmentalists promote the myth of human caused global warming to impose socialism and poverty on America.

Joseph D'Agostino shows that banning DDT has killed millions.
Deroy Murdock explains that environmentalists want millions to die.
George Reisman explains that environmentalism is anti-human.
Jerome Corsi explains the truth about global warming.
Dan Gainor reports the media's changing stories on climate change.
Robert Novak shows that Democrats want to make America poorer.

Russia

This update focuses on Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin is transforming Russia into a dictatorship. Former KGB/FSB officials have taken the most powerful positions in Russian government and business. They have centralized and consolidated power, silenced independent media, jailed political opponents, praised the former Soviet Union, and tried to rig foreign elections. Putin has aided America's enemies, including helping Iran's nuclear program.

Joel Rosenberg chronicles the growing evil in Russia.
Charles Krauthammer examines the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
Herbert Romerstien examines the history of KGB assassinations.
Yuri Maltsev writes that Putin is promoting tyranny in Russia.
Floyd Brown reveals that Ted Kennedy collaborated with the KGB.
Phyllis Schlafly remembers the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

Best Articles of 2006

At long last it's time for the best articles of 2006. I read roughly 10,000 articles this year. More than 300 articles appeared in this year's 52 POLITICAL UPDATES. Immigration was the most frequent topic, inspiring seven updates. The North American Union/SPP was second with five. What follows are my choices, in chronological order, for the ten most important news or opinion pieces of 2006.

Top Ten:
Searching for a New Direction by Congressman Ron Paul explains that government spending and regulation are out of control. The government is drowning in debt, and is likely to inflate the currency, thus robbing our money of its value, and wrecking our economy.
The New Shakers by Mac Johnson explains that the lack of children in America will lead to the decline of our country. We may be overwhelmed by third-world immigrants.
"Free Trade" Impacts Sovereignty by John McManus shows that Alger Hiss was a founder of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. So-called "free trade" agreements threaten American sovereignty.
United States of North America by Steven Yates shows that the North American Union would merge the United States, Canada, and Mexico into one country that would be less secure and less prosperous.
The Bush-Kennedy Immigration Tsunami by William Jasper reveals that the Senate immigrants bill could have allowed as many as 200 million legal immigrants into America over the next twenty years.
North American Union to Replace USA? by Jerome Corsi is the first in a series of articles exposing the North American Union. Corsi explains who is pushing this plan.
Pawns in a Losing Game by William Jasper exposes the communist organizations behind the illegal immigrant rallies that shocked America in May. Their agenda is to destroy America.
The Missing Children Problem by Donald Devine shows that Western Civilization is dying out due to cultural decline and the welfare state.
Coming Through! The NAFTA Super Highway by Kelly Taylor explains that the massive Trans-Texas Corridor is part of a gigantic nationwide network of highways to cement the NAU.
Environmentalism's Death Toll for 'Nature' by Joseph D'Agostino shows that the environmentalist movement seeks the destruction of civilization and promotes massive genocide against humanity.

Honorable Mentions:
The United Nations seeks to control the internet.
Illegal immigrants rallied against America.
Senator Jeff Sessions shreds the Senate immigration bill.
Liberalism and Islam are killing the Netherlands.
Many environmentalists seek to exterminate humanity.
English is not spoken in many parts of America.
The creation of the NAU resembles that of the European Union.
A summary of news about the NAU.
Environmentalism by its nature seeks the destruction of humanity.

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