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

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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"

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

"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?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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.