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?

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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.