Best Articles of 2008

It is time for the best articles of 2008. These articles were selected from roughly 10,000 articles this year. More than 400 articles appeared in this year's 52 POLITICAL UPDATES.

Energy/environmentalism was the most frequent topic, inspiring five updates. Tied for second were the culture war, government, news from abroad, immigration, education, and the economy with four each. What follows are my choices, in chronological order, for the nineteen most important news or opinion pieces of 2007.

William Jasper: Bailout Mania!
Eric Englund: Environmentalism Is Racism
Warren Mass: KAL Flight 007 Remembered
Steve Sailer: Freddie Mac’s Richard Syron—Architect Of The “Diversity Recession”
Gregory Hession: Restraining Orders Out of Control
Dennis Behreandt: Transatlantic Two-Step
Dave Workman: Kansas tornado produces gun rights bill
Peter Brimelow: “Immigration Is The Viagra Of The State”—A Libertarian Case Against Immigration
Lew Rockwell: What If Public Schools Were Abolished?
Walter Williams: Environmentalists' Wild Predictions
James Fulford: Civil Rights Law Doesn’t Care If You Die
Pat Buchanan: Whites Down To 10% Of World Population By 2060— Does It Matter?
William Jasper: A Bad Investment
Arthur Robinson: Nobel Prize for Death
Phyllis Schlafly: North American Union: It's the real deal
Thomas Kilgannon: The Supreme Court Stands Alone
Heather MacDonald: The Campus Rape Myth
Susan Easton: The EU's Treaty Treachery
Terry Jeffrey: Your $455,000 Loan to Uncle Sam

Previous:
Best of 2007
Best of 2006
Best of 2005

Marriage

This update focuses on marriage. Marriage amendments passed in California, Arizona, and Florida on election day. Homosexuals in California responded with rage, threats, and intimidation. The relationship site eHarmony.com has been forced to offer same-sex dating by an "anti-discrimination" lawsuit.

Michelle Malkin: Gay Mob Shakes Down eHarmony
Michelle Malkin: The Insane Rage of the Same-Sex Marriage Mob
Thomas Sowell: The Right To Win
Jennifer Morse: Same-Sex Marriage and the Persecution of Civil Society
Gary Bauer: Same-Sex Movement Demands Tolerance But Won't Show Any

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. America's immigration problems continue. Agents Ramos and Compean are still unjustly in jail.

Dana Rohrabacher: Mr. President, Free the Border Agents
Joe Guzzardi: “Legal Immigration” Too Often Means Fraud—And Fraud Is Illegal
Brenda Walker: Diversity Is Strength! It’s Also… Witchcraft, Imported By Immigration. (And, Yes, From Obama’s Kenya Too)
Brenda Walker: Mexico Meltdown Approaches Warp Speed
Craig Nelsen: Vilifying E-Verify—The ACLU's Campaign To Break The Only Unbroken Part Of Our Broken Immigration System

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Conservatism

This update focuses on conservatism. The 2008 election has provoked many thoughts on the future of the conservative movement.

Phyllis Schlafly: Where Do We Go From Here?
Phyllis Schlafly: Time to Follow Reagan's Example
Don Devine: Conservative Counter Attack
Phyllis Schlafly: Where Did the Reagan Votes Go in the 2008 Election?
Steve Sailer: We’ve Got Karl Rove to Kick Around Some More!
Mac Johnson: GOP, Avoid A 2008 Repeat
David Keene: Obama Will Overreach and We Will Bounce Back
Steve Sailer: GOP Can Play By "McCain Rules" And Lose, Or "Sailer Rules" And Win
Tom Piatak: Pat Buchanan At 70: “He Told You So, You F****ing Fools!”
Warren Mass and William Jasper: McCain: Maverick?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy. Economic troubles continue, and government bailouts continue to fail. The 'big three' automakers are in big trouble. Elites held a summit to discuss a global currency.

Ron Paul: The Neo-Alchemy of the Federal Reserve
Gary North: Bernanke's the Dollar Destroyer
Ron Paul: The Bailout Surge
Pat Buchanan: Who Killed Detroit?
Ross Kamisky: Paulson's Ever-Changing Bailout
Charles Scaliger: Looking Beyond the Global Economic Summit
Charles Scaliger: In a Free Market, Money Doesn't Grow on Trees
Michelle Malkin: The Paulson Putsch: Time For A Fiscal-Conservative Counterinsurgency
Pat Buchanan: Bretton Woods II—No Way
Charles Scaliger: Upcoming Financial Summit About Global Governance
Ron Paul: The Moral Hazard of Regulation
Ron Paul: Spending the Economy into Oblivion

See also:
The Recession Reader
The Bailout Reader

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism. Barack Obama has extensive ties to communist terrorist Bill Ayers. Liberalism has an ignoble history. Unions want to take away secret ballots for union elections.

John McManus: Behind the Obama Agenda
William Jasper: Ukrainian Genocide: NY Times Still Covering Up
Thomas Sowell: Intellectuals
Phyllis Schlafly: The Catholic Connection to Barack Obama
John Lott: Workers, Be Wary
William Jasper: Terrorist Bill Ayers Misrepresents His Past
William Jasper: Obama's Friend Ayers: Kill 25 Million Americans
William Jasper: Obama's Terrorist Ties and Radical Roots
Brian Johnson: Joe the Non-Union Worker
Michael New: Conservatives Have New History of American Left

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

Environmentalism

This update focuses on environmentalism. Gas prices have dropped to below two dollars per gallon. Environmentalists continue to promote the global warming myth. New resources counter their claims.

Cynthia Grenier: Red Hot Lies About Global Warming
Ed Hiserodt: Liberty From Global-warming Alarmism
AWR Hawkins: We Cannot Worship Nature and Remain Free
Bill Anderson: Sustainable Fascism
Alex Newman: A Convenient Book About the Environment
Chris Horner: Attack of the Energy-Rationers
Eric Englund: Environmentalism Is Racism
Floy Lilley: The Fraud of Global Warming

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Education

This update focuses on education. Barack Obama's associate Bill Ayers has radical plans for American education. Obama and the NEA promise to push education further to the left. Racial preferences continue to hurt minorities.

Education Reporter: McCain Hits Obama's Sex Ed Bill
Phyllis Schlafly: Teaching "Social Justice" in Schools
Ann Coulter: Ayers: Radical Loon When Obama Was Only 47
Cooper Sterling: Beyond ‘Taco Night’: Barack Obama And The Frightening Future of "Critical Multicultural Education"
Phyllis Schlafly: Bill Ayers's Scary Plans for Public Schools
Samuel Blumenfeld: Pavlov's Dogs and American Education
Walter Williams: Academic Mismatch I
Walter Williams: Academic Mismatch II
Education Reporter: Some NEA Resolutions Passed at the 2008 Convention in Washington, D.C.

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Election 2008

This update focuses on election 2008. These articles discuss the results of the 2008 election, what caused them, and what to do now.

Tim Carney: ENPR: Election Results
Tom Tancredo: Republican Lessons at the End of the Bush-McCain Era
Deroy Murdock: GOP Needs Night of Long Knives
Michael Reagan: Why McCain Lost
Ann Coulter: The Reign of Lame Falls Mainly on McCain
Chuck Baldwin: Conservatives Lost More Than An Election
Pat Buchanan: An Unnecessary Defeat?
Donald Devine: Who Plays Herbert Hoover?
Gun Owners of America: Gun Rights in Peril
Will Grigg: Why Obama Will Be Worse Than Bush
Marcus Epstien: Election 2008: There's Got To Be A Pony In Here Somewhere!
Steve Sailer: Immigration, Affirmative Action, Bucking The Bailout - All Potential Election Winners For McCain

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy. The fallout from the massive trillion-dollar government bailout continues. The causes of our economic problems continue to be probed.

Terry Jeffrey: Will Government Give Up Ownership in the Banks?
William Jasper: From Henry Morgenthau to Henry Paulson
Gary North: The Smashing of Dreams Is Not Over
George Reisman: The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Financial Crisis
Ron Paul: Spending the Economy into Oblivion
Thomas DiLorenzo: How Crackpot Egalitarianism Caused the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis
Terry Jeffrey: The Price of Banking on Government
Ernest Istook: Democrats Behind CRA Cover-Up
Gary North: Keynesianism's Last Stand

See also:
The Recession Reader
The Bailout Reader

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad. During election season, events continue to unfold in China, Pakistan, and elsewhere. The United Nations continues to be an enemy of American sovereignty.

Oliver North: The Secret War on the Dollar
Phyllis Schlafly: China Poisons Its Infant Formula
John McManus: Behind the Olympic News
Nima Sanandaji: Swedish Welfare
Robert Spencer: After Musharraf, the Deluge

Brian Darling: U.S. Shouldn’t Be Supporting ICC
Larry Kilgannon: Voting Practices at the United Nations
Jerome Corsi: North American Union: The dream 'is dead'

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war. The 2008 election campaign is well underway. Cultural battles continue in party conventions, courts, movies, academia, and more.

Phyllis Schlafly: Contrasting the Party Platforms
Phyllis Schlafly: Feminists against Palin - shame on you
James Fulford: “Guilty As Hell, Free As A Bird”—Ayers, Obama, And The Exclusionary Rule
William Jasper: From Homosexual Marriage to Bestiality
Thomas Sowell: The Vision of the Left
Phyllis Schlafly: Title IX Tied Our Hands at Olympics
William Jasper: Recreating Riots
Thomas Sowell: Amateurs Outdoing Professionals
Phyllis Schlaly: One Brave Judge Resists Feminist Agenda
Allan Ryskind: Hollywood Still Loves Very Red Dalton Trumbo
Don Devine: Old Right War Lessons

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy. The stock market plunged significantly in recent weeks. The government passed a bailout bill that may cost 700 billion to one trillion dollars. This failed to stabilize the market.

Gary Wolfram: Econ 101: The Financial Crisis and Danger of Government Intervention
Don Devine: End of Capitalism?
John Stossel: Try Free Enterprise
Walter Williams: Lessons From the Bailout
Ron Paul: The Do-Something Congress
Gary North: The Month When Reality Invaded
Michelle Malkin: Dear Congress: Put the Gun Down Now
Steve Sailer: America’s Minority Mortgage Meltdown/ Diversity Recession: The Smoking Gun?
Steve Sailer: Karl Rove—Architect Of The Minority Mortgage Meltdown
Thomas Sowell: Bailout Politics
Ron Paul: Lipstick on a Bailout

See also:
The Recession Reader
The Bailout Reader

Government

This update focuses on government. Government continues to cause much harm in many areas. Discussion of the DC gun case continues.

Walter Williams: Destroying Liberty
William Jasper: Turn Off the TV, Dust Off the Constitution
Gary North: The Cause of Gasoline Shortages
Brian Farmer: I.O.U.S.A. How Much?!
Becky Akers: The Tragedy of the Commons
Mac Johnson: Live Free and Die
Alex Newman: Examining Healthcare
Don Devine: Small Government Failure?
Ron Paul: Freedom is Golden
Larry Elder: Why Do We 'Keep and Bear Arms'? Part 1
Larry Elder: Why Do We "Keep and Bear Arms"? Part 2
Phyllis Schlafly: Lessons of The Gun Decision

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy. Financial firms including Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and Washington Mutual have gone bankrupt, been bailed out, or been bought out. This economic crisis was precipitated by the collapse of the housing bubble, which was caused by the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and government regulations. The government is now proposing a 700 billion dollar bailout of bad lenders.

Ann Coulter: They Gave Your Mortgage to a Less Qualified Minority
Mac Johnson: Bailout: Far Worse than a Recession
Brian Farmer: Government Bailout
Takuan Seiyo: The Case Of The Disappeared Subprime Minority Borrower
Thomas Sowell: A Political "Solution"
Michelle Malkin: Illegal Immigration And The Mortgage Mess
Steve Sailer: The Diversity Recession: What Was The Financial (And Political) Establishment Thinking?
Mark Skousen: Are We Headed Toward a New Collectivist State?
Gary North: Still in the Stock Market?
Ron Paul: In Government We Trust? Part 3
Lew Rockwell: The Social Imperative of Sound Money
Gary North: Subsidy Madness and Depression
Will Grigg: The Denouement
Ron Paul: In Government We Trust? Part 2
Gary North: The Bloom Is Off the Housing Rose

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Russia

This update focuses on Russia. Russia recently invaded the country of Georgia. Alexander Solzhenitsyn recently passed away. Russia's authoritarian government menaces its neighbors. It must be dealt with cautiously.

Robert Maginnis: Russia's New World Order
William Lind: Defending the Baltics
Don Devine: Russia Realities
Warren Mass: KAL Flight 007 Remembered
Warren Mass: Solzhenitsyn Passes Away
Charlie Reese: A Giant Is Lost
Pat Buchanan: Why Do Chinese, Russians, Like Their Governments So Much?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Energy

This update focuses on energy. Liberals continue to thwart energy production and promote red herrings on this subject. T Boone Pickens has proposed a plan to give billions of taxpayers' dollars to T. Boone Pickens.

Dan Kish: Who’s Hoarding America’s Oil?
Chris Horner: The Lawnmower Police are Coming
Arthur Robinson: Easy Pickens
Michelle Malkin: Pelosi and the Big Wind Boone-doggle
Ed Hiserodt: Algae May Be an Energy Answer
Walter Williams: Environmentalists' Hold on Congress
Steve Forbes: Oil and the Feeble Greenback
Deroy Murdock: Offshore Oil Drilling: Cleaner than Mother Nature
Ross Kamisky: Oil Economics for Liberals
Paul Driessen: Blowing Hot Air Up Our Shorts

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Education

This update focuses on education. A California court ruled that home-schooling is legal. Liberalism, government, and education fads continue to impede education.

Vin Suprynowicz: Close the Government Schools
Gary North: Wal-Mart University: No More Boola-Boola
Steve Sailer: "No Real Solution"—Arnold Schwarzenegger's Algebra For Dummies
Bob Unruh: Homeschooling OK – even in California
Phyllis Schlafly: The NEA Spells Out Its Policies
Steve Sailer: Sailer’s Four-Point Plan For Improving Schools
Steve Sailer: The College Paradox: Not Everyone Gains By Higher Education

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Money

This update focuses on money. IndyMac Bank and several smaller banks have experienced bank runs. The housing market is down following the collapse of the housing bubble. The Federal Reserve continues to inflate the dollar, which is the cause of these problems.

Jeff Tucker: Why Taxes Don't Matter Much Anymore
Gary North: You, Me, and the FDIC
Gary Wolfram: Econ 101: Is the Fed a Source of Our Economic Problems?
Ron Paul: Faith-Based Currency
Will Grigg: The Economic Show Trials Begin
Will Grigg: Women And Children Last
Ron Paul: Economic Bubbles
Ron Paul: Rising Energy Prices and the Falling Dollar

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. The trouble with immigration continues the Mexican military crossing the border, housing subsidies for illegals, and preventable crimes. A new book, The New Case Against Immigration by Mark Krikorian, has recently been released.

Duncan Hunter: Why do we Tolerate Mexican Troop Incursions?
Marcus Epstien: On Krikorian's New Case Against Immigration: What Was Wrong With The Old Case?, by Marcus Epstein
Phyllis Schlafly: Who Will Protect Us Against Invasion?
Donald Collins: It's The Culture, Stupid!!!, by Donald A. Collins
Dana Rohrabacher: What Happened To Justice In America?
Paul Nachman: A Patriotic Immigration Reformer’s Thoughts On The New Case Against Immigration
Michael Reagan: Bush Should Strip Sanctuary Cities of Federal Funds
Phyllis Schlafly: Obama Rejects English Language Assimilation
Gary Bauer: Will Obama’s 'Hateful Rhetoric' Draw Hispanic Voters?
James Edwards: House Appropriations Hurts Immigration Enforcement
Steve Sailer: The Housing Recession: Political Correctness Makes Lenders Stupid
Marcus Epstien: Rep. Cannon's Defeat in Utah Marks Victory for Immigration Control
Phyllis Schlafly: American Innovation Supremacy at Risk

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Government

This update focuses on government. Government intervention caused the housing crisis. Government continues to cause trouble through redistribution, farm welfare, traffic laws, and proposals for "national service".

Steve Sailer: Freddie Mac’s Richard Syron—Architect Of The “Diversity Recession”
Thomas Sowell: Bankrupt "Exploiters": Part II
Don Devine: Faddish Planning Fantasies
Thomas Woods: You Belong to Us
Will Grigg: Servile Nation
Walter Williams: A Nation of Thieves
Terry Jeffrey: How Big Can Government Get?
John Stossel: Tear Down the Stop Signs!
Doug French: Votes of Idiots
Phil Brand: Will Senate OK Akaka's Hawaii Race Test?
Jacob Hornberger: The Enemy-Combatant Attack on Freedom
Ron Paul: Sowing More Big Government with the Farm Bill

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war. Liberals, government, and judicial activists threaten traditional American culture. Battles continue over patriotism, platforms, religion, free speech, and more.

Phyllis Schlafly: Do Party Platforms Really Matter?
Jack Langer: The Sensitivity Police: Where's American Multiculturalism Heading?
Walter Williams: The Ultimate Resource
Thomas Sowell: Does Patriotism Matter?
Ericka Andersen: The Racism and Politics of Planned Parenthood
Don Devine: Judges Ignore Real Constitution
Gary North: What Would Jesus Steal?
Phyllis Schlafly: Why Hillary Clinton Lost
Pat Buchanan: Return of the Censors
Thomas Sowell: Mascot Politics

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad.

Terry Easton: Broken China and other Fragile Structures
WorldNetDaily: Report: Surviving EMP to depend on preparation
Jed Babbin: Time to Rethink Iraq
William Jasper: Shooting the Messenger
Phyllis Schlafly: Chinese Poisons in Your Medicine Cabinet
Jerome Corsi: Union of South American Nations faces fracture
Douglas Stone: Lawfare: Bleeping with the Enemy
Walid Phares: Lebanon's '300'
James Zumwalt: Ahmadinejad is Iran's Jim Jones
Phyllis Schlafly: Maintain National Security on All Fronts
Pat Buchanan: How the West Lost the World
WorldNetDaily: Gandhi was anti-black, charges new biography

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Family

This update focuses on the family. Government courts and feminist ideologues threaten the family. The "gay rights" movement threaten religious freedom and military readiness. A California Supreme Court ruling has threatened marriage nationwide. California will vote in November whether to protect marriage.

Gregory Hession: Restraining Orders Out of Control
Elaine Donnelly: PM Polemic for Gays in the Military
Phyllis Schlafly: Should Parents or the 'Village' Raise Children?
Gregory Hession: Whose Children Are They, Anyway?
WorldNetDaily: Government to pastor: Renounce your faith!
Ross Kamisky: Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter Signs Transgender Bill

Don Devine: Why Not Multiple Wives?
Gary Bauer: The Aftershocks of Gay Marriage
Maggie Gallagher: Prop. 22 Can Save Traditional Marriage in California
Don Devine: Legal Lawlessness

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

Energy

This update focuses on energy. The President and democrats in Congress are fighting over offshore drilling. The government continues to block domestic energy production. The global warming myth is collapsing.

Mitch McConnell: Time for a Serious, Balanced Approach to the Price of Gas
Robert Novak: Oil Paranoia
Ann Coulter: This is Not a Drill
Terry Easton: Oil at $300
Chris Horner: Chicken Little and the North Pole Icecap
Walter Williams: Scapegoating Speculators
Steven Yates: Gas Prices: Why So High?
Christopher Adamo: Czech Gore Challenge
Mac Johnson: Obama’s Alternative (Energy) Reality
Ann Coulter: You Can't Fuel All of the People All of the Time
Chris Horner: Climate of Fear: Seize the Offensive on 'Global Warming'
Walter Williams: Futures Markets

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

United Nations

This update focuses on the United Nations. The UN continues to promote world government.

Arthur Robinson: The Science of the UN
Oliver North: UN-Believable
Thomas Kilgannon: Renovating the Great Hall of American Hatred
Thomas Kilgannon: The Nanny State Goes Global
Thomas Kilgannon: Globalist Governator

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

North American Union

This update focuses on North American Union. As Americans celebrate Independence Day, many elites are working to merge independent nations. Ireland rejected the Lisbon Treaty to further merge Europe into the European Union. A part of the NAFTA superhighway system has been canceled. The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) has been renamed.

Susan Easton: The Mouse That Roared
Dennis Behreandt: Transatlantic Two-Step
Brenda Walker: U.K’s Gordon Brown: Preaching One Worldism In U.S., Fighting Patriots At Home
Phyllis Schlafly: The Many Sides of Globalism
Ron Paul: A Major Victory for Texas
WorldNetDaily: Texas Corridor detour: Officials nix land grab
Jerome Corsi: 'North American Parliament' under way
James Edwards: Patent Bill Should Die
Jerome Corsi: Bush opens SPP summit
Jerome Corsi: Makeover urged for 'North American Union' effort

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

Gun Rights

This update focuses on gun rights. The Supreme Court overturned the DC gun ban in DC v. Heller. The battle for gun rights continues on many other fronts.

The decision: DC versus Heller

The Western Right: DC Gun Ban Gone
Ted Nugent: DC Gun Ban Blown Away
Cassandra Kane: Second Amendment: A Valued Target for Students
Dave Workman: Kansas tornado produces gun rights bill
Phyllis Schlafly: Stunning Victory Against Judicial Supremacy
John Lott: Gun-Free Zones Are Not Safe
Vin Suprynowicz: 'If Only We Were Armed Before'
Dick Clark: Buying Your First Handgun
Will Grigg: Tyranny, The One-War Mirror, and the Criminal Syndicate Called the ATF
Sean Trende: Seemingly Good News for Second Amendment Rights

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

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. The AgJobs amnesty bill was defeated for now in the Senate. The government continues to resist immigration enforcement, but it works when it is tried.

Bay Buchanan: E-Verify is a Working Solution to Illegal Immigration
Phyllis Schlafly: Judicial Supremacy Strikes in Oklahoma
Peter Brimelow: “Immigration Is The Viagra Of The State”—A Libertarian Case Against Immigration
Tom Tancredo: No Fence, No Border? No bull!
Phyllis Schlafly: A New Argument About Immigration
James Edwards: Senate Amnesty Fight: Round Four
Ericka Andersen: Sneaky Amnesty Tricks In Iraq Supplemental Bill
Joe Guzzardi: It’s Official! Legal Immigration Is A Bigger Problem Than Illegal Immigration!
Phyllis Schlafly: How the Government Spends Taxpayers' Money
Ross Kamisky: The Case of Cory Voorhis
See-dubya: L.A. Times explains how well illegal immigration enforcement worked in Arizona, and how awful that is for America

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Education

This update focuses on education. Liberalism and government continue to damage education. Homeschooling is an issue of contention in California and elsewhere.

Dana Gabriel: Is the United Nations Coming for Our Children?
Education Reporter: Universal Pre-K Doesn't Pay
Steve Sailer: Alchemists Can’t Turn Lead Into Gold, Educrats Can’t Eliminate IQ. (But Lead Is Useful Anyway)
Allen Quist: Transformational Education and the Global Warming Fantasy
Education Reporter: Algebra is the Key to Math Success
Education Reporter: Online Schools Gain Popularity, Face Down Legal Challenges
Kami Dalton: A Power Struggle in Homeschool Case
Lew Rockwell: What If Public Schools Were Abolished?
Phyllis Schlafly: What's Happened to College History and English?

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Energy and Environmentalism

This update focuses on energy and environmentalism. The Lieberman-Warner "Climate Security Act" was recently defeated in the Senate for now. Global warming hysteria continues, but more people are speaking out against it. Gas prices are at record highs thanks to government restrictions on supply. Environmentalism continues to cause harm.

Ben Lieberman: The Economy, Not the Polar Bear, Now Endangered
Max Schulz: California’s Potemkin Environmentalism
Walter Williams: Environmentalists' Wild Predictions

Robert Bluey: McCain’s Global-Warming Plan Upsets Conservatives
Ross Kamisky: Potential Costs to America From Cap-and-Trade
Arthur Robinson: Human Rights, Science and the Energy Emergency
Heritage Foundation: Huge Economic Costs of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Legislation
Deroy Murdock: Is Global Cooling Next?
Vaclav Klaus: A Climate of Repression

Dan Kish: A Conservative Energy Agenda
Ron Paul: Big Government Responsible for High Gas Prices
Michael Reagan: Put The Blame Where It Belongs
Ed Hiserodt: Coal in Your Car’s Tank
William Anderson: The Oil-Addiction Fallacy
Ross Kamisky: Ethanol, Starvation, and other Liberal ideas
Ian Murray: 'Let Them Burn Ethanol'

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government. Government spending is out of control. Congress has passed a massive farm bill and is considering other major giveaways. Government regulations cause even more trouble.

Charles Scaliger: Rising Food Costs
Deroy Murdock: Housing Bailout: The Feds' Latest $300 Billion-Dollar Baby
Michael Rozeff: Thefts There Are – Safety Nets There Are Not
James Fulford: Civil Rights Law Doesn’t Care If You Die
Don Devine: Killing Local America
Ron Paul: The Double Trouble of Taxation
Thomas Sowell: Political Crusaders
Brian Darling: Congress Preparing for Another Spending Binge
Wayne Olson: Protect Talk Radio and Religious Broadcasting from Regulatory Repression
David John: The Inevitable Future of Entitlements
Deroy Murdock: Kill This Farm Bill
Ron Paul: Can Foreign Aid Save Africa?
John Stossel: Influence-Peddling
Thomas Sowell: Rescuing the Rust Belt

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Civil Liberties

This update focuses on civil liberties. Authorities in Texas recently seized over 400 children from a religious sect in Texas without evidence. An appeals court ruled that the seizure was illegal. The anniversary of the Waco massacre recently passed. Government threatens civil liberties in many ways.

Joseph Farah: Abuse of Power in Texas
Lew Rockwell: But What About the Children?
JH Huebert: Beware the Amtrak Security Scam
Ericka Anderson: States Bi-partisanly Oppose Real ID -- Still
Anthony Gregory: Why Waco Still Matters
Chuck Baldwin: There Must Never Be Another Waco!
James Bovard: The Martial Law Act of 2006
William Anderson: Obey Your Masters in All Things
Wilton Alston: Who’s Listening In on You?
Joseph D'Agostino: Children of the State

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war. The California Supreme Court overruled the state's definition of marriage. Liberals continue to attack traditional American culture. Western Civilization faces demographic decline.

Ernest Istook: The Danger in Appeasing Gay Rights Activists
Phyllis Schlafly: Kansas Plans to Shake Up State Court Judges
Benjamin Wiker: Darwin, Nietzsche, and Hitler: Evolution of the Ubermensch
Pat Buchanan: Whites Down To 10% Of World Population By 2060— Does It Matter?
Gary Bauer: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender--Whatever
Phyllis Schlafly: Violent Video Games Held to be Free Speech
Don Feder: 'Demographic Winter' Exposes the Century's Overlooked Crisis
Gary Bauer: The Plague of Planned Parenthood

Jack Wheeler: Why Liberals Cannot Defend America
Jospeh Farah: What Are Red Letter Christians?
Thomas Sowell: Who Is "Fascist"?
Michelle Malkin: Quo Vadis, Conservatives?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Money

This update focuses on money. The Federal Reserve recently bailed out an investment firm. Printing more money is inflation, and leads to rising prices.

Ron Paul: Bailing Out Banks
Lew Rockwell: The Inflation Monster and Its Owner
John McManus: Sound Money: Key to Prosperity
Thomas Sowell: Irony in Wall Street
Ron Paul: On Money, Inflation and Government
Don Devine: All New Dealers Now?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad. The war in Iraq continues. There is trouble in Palestine, North Korea, and Venezuela. Conservatives won elections in Italy and Britain.

Don Devine: New Iraqi Moment?
Chris Holton: The Truth About Saddam and Terrorism
William Jasper: A Bad Investment
Joseph Farah: No Good Guys in 'Palestine'
William Jasper: Global Blowback
Robert Spencer: A Muslim Battle Plan Against Free Speech
James Zumwalt: Enabling North Korean Misconduct
Bob Unruh: Hidden-camera series reveals nationwide cult
Matthew Vadum: Terrorist-Supporting Venezuelan Strongman Has Famous Allies
Gustavo Coronel: War in the Andes?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Environmentalism

This update focuses on environmentalism. Ethanol subsides lead to rising food prices and third world riots. More evidence comes in against global warming hysteria. The Earth has not warmed since 1998. Earth Day was founded to celebrate Lenin's birthday.

Ross Kamisky: Do-gooders and Politicians Support Faulty Ethanol Policy
Steven Hayward: Happy Earth Day
Deroy Murdock: Global Food Riots: Made in Washington, D.C.
Arthur Robinson: Nobel Prize for Death
Deroy Murdock: Oil Drilling America
Walter Williams: Big Corn and Ethanol Hoax

Chris Horner: W Goes Green?
William Jasper: 2008 Climate Debate
William Jasper: Weather Channel Founder’s Forecast
Thomas Sowell: Cold Water on "Global Warming"
John Lott: No Global Warming Crisis

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

National Defense

This update focuses on national defense. Terrorists threaten our security and liberals threaten our military. Democracy is not the answer to security.

Pat Buchanan: Onward the Revolution!
Pat Buchanan: Should We Fight for South Ossetia?
Phyllis Schlafly: New Proof of Reagan's Wisdom
Phyllis Schlafly: Supremacist Judges Attack Our Military
Don Devine: Conservatives Agree on Democracy?
Joseph Farah: The Gravest Threat of All
Ron Paul: Constitutional Responses to Terrorism

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North American Union

This update focuses on the North American Union. Plans continue, but many citizens are resisting these efforts. Trade impacts American sovereignty.

Phyllis Schlafly: North American Union: It's the real deal
Michael Howe: Promoting the North American Union
Jerome Corsi: Inside the hush-hush North American Union confab
Jerome Corsi: Leaders push PR campaign for North American alliance
Dennis Behreandt: Creating a Transatlantic Common Market
Jerome Corsi: North American Army created without OK by Congress

Jerome Corsi: Mexican official says NAFTA includes superhighways
Ron Paul: Taxes or Tolls on the TTC
Ron Paul: Paving Paradise

Phyllis Schlafly: Creating Jobs in Europe, Not America
Michael Howe: China advances on U.S. trucking
Phyllis Schlafly: It's Still The Economy, Stupid

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

Untied Nations

This update focuses on the United Nations. The UN threatens American freedom and sovereignty. The Law of the Sea Treaty remains before the Senate. The US Supreme Court delivered a victory for sovereignty against the World Court in the case Medellin v. Texas.

Thomas Kilgannon: The Supreme Court Stands Alone
Ted Cruz: SCOTUS Rejects Authority of World Court
Kami Dalton: Surprise: The UN is Against Press Freedom
Thomas Kilgannon: UN Charges U.S. With Discrimination
Phyllis Schlafly: Congress Contemplates Giving Cash to Foreigners
Gregory Hession: Health Threat From EU and UN
Roy Moore: UN-American
Douglas Stone: Law of the Sea Treaty: Tunnel Vision on the Oceans
Brian Farmer: Will America Get LOST?

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

China

This update focuses on China. China is a communist country that is an enemy of America. Its economy remains mostly socialist, but it benefits from trade with America. China continues to spy on America and plan for war.

William Jasper: Chinopoly
Dennis Behreandt: China’s Bid to Buy the West
Phyllis Schlafly: 'It's Still the Economy, Stupid'
James Zumwalt: The Giant is Restive
Martin Sieff: Behind the Chinese Spy Roundup

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Education

This update focuses on education. A California court has ruled that home schooling is illegal. Feminism persists on college campuses. College professors are overwhelmingly liberal.

Gary Bauer: Home-Schooling: A Criminal Offense?
Steven Greenhut: A Real Threat to California Home-Schoolers
Bob Unruh: Parents of 166,000 students could face criminal charges
Bob Unruh: Judge orders homeschoolers into government education

Christina Hoff Sommers: Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?
Heather MacDonald: The Campus Rape Myth
Phyllis Schlafly: College Not Necessary for Many New Careers
Education Reporter: Study Examines Professors' Political and Social Views

"Predictably, humanities and social sciences professors were most likely to lean left. 17.6% of social sciences professors declared a Marxist political identity. Marxism also claimed 5% support in the humanities, and negligible support in other disciplines."

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. The federal government, liberals, and Mexico continue to promote illegal immigration, while patriots battle for immigration reform.

Duncan Hunter: Virtually De-Fenceless
Phyllis Schlafly: Judges Getting the Message About Illegal Aliens
John McManus: The Battle Against Illegal Immigration
Larry Greenley: How to Fix Illegal Immigration
Robert Spencer: National Security At the Border
Ron Paul: If We Subsidize Them...
Allan Wall: Calderon's Tour Of America: Hobnobbing With The Very Rich, And Demagoguing The Illegal Alien Community
Phyllis Schlafly: It's Still The Economy, Stupid
Joe Guzzardi: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer: Not Gone Yet—But Going?

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Gun Rights

This update focuses on gun rights. The Supreme Court will soon consider the meaning of the Second Amendment and the constitutionality of the DC gun ban. The Solicitor General filed a brief undermining the Second Amendment.

Oliver North: The Second Amendment’s Day in Court
Greg Perry: Get Good With Gun Gab
WorldNetDaily: Public 'threatened' by private-firearms ownership
Chuck Baldwin: Buy A Gun
Joseph Farah: What Will You Do If They Shoot Up Your Church?
Thomas Sowell: At Last!
Greg Perry: Guns Reduce Accidents and Other Fascinating Facts and Figures To Amaze Your Friends
Charley Reese: The Ideal Self-Defense Weapon

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

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad. Kosovo's independence is a victory for Islamic extremists. America continues to face problems with Islam in Iraq, Europe, and elsewhere. Cuba remains controlled by communist murderers.

Robert Maginnis: Kosovo's Troubled Independence
Pat Buchanan: Will Bush’s Recognition Of Kosovo Spur Renewed Balkanization?
Walid Phares: Hezbollah's Billion Petrodollars
Jed Babbin: Islam vs. Free Speech
Robert Maginnis: US-Iraq Challenges in 2008
Robert Spencer: Stand By Steyn
Pat Buchanan: Democracy vs. Security

Walter Williams: Africa: A Tragic Continent
Humberto Fontova: What's Next for Cuba? Raul
Susan Easton: The EU's Treaty Treachery
John McManus: Ian Smith and the Fall of Rhodesia

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Government

This update focuses on government. Government spending is out of control. The real national debt is about 60 trillion dollars, including unfunded entitlement liabilities. Inflation of the money supply weakens the economy and reduces the value of money. Government threats to civil liberties remain a reason for concern.

Mike Franc: Fiscal Action Now
Terry Jeffrey: Your $455,000 Loan to Uncle Sam
William Jasper: Reining In Spending
Ron Paul: The Importance of Fiscal Responsibility in Government

Terry Easton: Stark Raving Mad
Peter Brimelow: Ron Paul's Competing Currencies
Terry Easton: EU Fire Sale

Walter Williams: Coming After You
Thomas Sowell: Green "Disparate Impact"
Thomas Sowell: Stop "Making a Difference"

Phyllis Schlafly: Universal Child Care Means Ending Parents' Rights
Bob Unruh: SWAT officers invade home, take 11-year-old at gunpoint
Don Devine: A Civil Debate on Torture
Thomas Sowell: "Driving While Black"

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Energy

This update focuses on energy. High energy prices are caused by government restriction of energy production. Congress recently voted to effectively ban the light bulb. Global warming hysteria continues.

Ed Hiserodt: Nuclear Waste: Not a Problem
Arthur Robinson: Analyzing Global-warming Science
Jerome Corsi: Discovery backs theory oil not 'fossil fuel'
Tim Carney: Phony Green Lightbulbs
Walter Williams: California Energy Rules Latest Burst of Government Tyranny
Michael Reagan: Environmental Terrorism and the Price of Oil
Joseph Farah: The Light Bulb -- Still a Good Idea
Arthur Robinson: High Fuel and Electricity Prices -- Made in Washington
Arthur Robinson: The Virtues of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

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Russia

This update focuses on Russia. Russia is controlled by an authoritarian KGB elite. A former Romanian general provides new information on the Kennedy assassination.

Oliver North: The Man Behind the Curtain
Phyllis Schlafly: Setting the McCarthy Record Straight
Rachel Ehrenfeld: Russia’s New 'State Oligarchy'
Ion Pacepa: A Terrorist State in the G8?
Michael Ledeen: Kennedy Assassination and Soviet KGB Connection Explored in Book
Ion Pacepa: The Dragon of Disinformation

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Conservatism

This update focuses on conservatism. Conservatism is endangered. Most Republican presidential candidates are not conservatives. Conservatives must rediscover and promote their principles.

Cliff Kincaid: The Secret of Ron Paul’s Success
Don Devine: Conservatives Lose
Pat Buchanan: Ideology Was Bush's Undoing
Don Devine: Religion At Christmas 2007
George Neumayr: Michael Gerson's Heroic Liberalism
Phyllis Schlafly: What We Want in a Presidential Candidate

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North American Union

This update focuses on North American Union. There are further developments regarding the NAU, NAFTA Superhighway, Mexican trucks, patent reform, and more.

Phyllis Schlafly: The Outrageous WTO
Jerome Corsi: 7-year plan aligns U.S. with Europe's economy
Jerome Corsi: North-of-border link finishes NAFTA superhighway grid
Michael Howe: Mexican trucks roll on despite opposition
Jerome Corsi: Canada openly proclaims NAFTA Superhighway
Jerome Corsi: SPP 'dead,' says insider
Phyllis Schlafly: The Patent Act Is A Cheat On Americans

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

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war. Liberals continue to subvert traditional culture. The Roe v. Wade decision is 35 years old. Battles continue over courts, race, IQ, Christianity, and more.

Gary Bauer: Roe at 35
Doug Patton: The Embryonic Stem Cell Research Agenda
John Eidsmoe: What Congress Can Do for This American
Robert Knight: Cleverly Firing Back at Atheism
Steve Sailer: The Race FAQ
Steve Sailer: Why Do We Keep Writing About Intelligence? An IQ FAQ
Pat Buchanan: Diversity Is Strength. It’s Also…America’s End
Gary Bauer: 'What's So Great About Christianity?' Ask D'Souza

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Law

This update focuses on law. The rule of law protects freedom, but it is under assault from liberals and judicial activists.

Phyllis Schlafly: Atheism Back in Court Again
Phyllis Schalfly: Feminist Abuse of Domestic Violence Laws
Phyllis Schlafly: Bad New Plans to Rewrite the Constitution
Stephen Baskerville: Feminist 'Justice' at Duke
Don Devine: Coulter's Law

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"Gay Rights"

This update focuses on "gay rights". The "gay rights" movement attempts to restrict religious freedom and property rights, and weaken America's military.

Elaine Donnelly: Presidential Candidates Change Answers on Homosexual Issues
Jessica Corry: Media Reports on Hate Crimes Fuel Misconceptions of Bias
Roy Blunt: The Majority’s ENDA Problem: Freedom of Religion, Meet Free Flow of Litigation
Star Parker: ENDA, Obama and the cultural war
Robert Maginnis: Gays in the Military Debate -- Deja Vu 1993?

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