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.