Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. Liberals continue their outrage at Arizona's popular immigration restrictions.

Michelle Malkin: Our Busted Deportation System Strikes Again
Russel Pearce: Arizona or San Francisco: Which Path on Immigration?
James Edwards: Keeping America Safe from Foreign-Born Insurgents
Ross Kaminsky: The True Agenda of Immigration Protests
Kris Kobach: Why Arizona Drew a Line
Allan Wall: Memo From Middle America (Formerly Known As Memo From Mexico): Mexican Mewling, Hispanic Hysteria—American Patriots Must Support Arizona’s SB 1070!
Michelle Malkin: How Mexico Treats Illegal Aliens
Robert Engstrom: Arizona Officials Dispute Racial Profiling Charges
Pat Buchanan: Whose Country Is This?
Washington Watcher: Legal Immigration Increased (YES—INCREASED!) During The Recession

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism.

Thomas Woods: Forgotten Facts of American Labor History
Steve Sailer: Arizona, Britain, And Harvard Law All Show Elite Contempt For Ordinary People
Tom Tancredo: The Hidden Agenda of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Michelle Malkin: All the President's Goldman Sachs Men
Ann Coulter: Stevens: 'I Never Left Sanity. Sanity Left Me'
Steve Sailer: The Bridge: David Remnick Fawns Fashionably On Barack Obama
Gary North: Read All About It! The NY Times and Other Establishments Sheets Are Dead
Michelle Malkin: How the Left Fakes the Hate: A Primer

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

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Thomas Sowell: Filtering History
Michelle Malkin: John S. McCain, Will You Please Go Now?
Pat Buchanan: Don't Tell! -- on Rep. Eric Massa
Thomas Sowell: Race and Politics Part II Part III Part IV
Gary North: It's Time To Give the Republicans Hell
Pat Buchanan: Anti-Catholicism, The New York Times, And The Homosexual Connection
Steve Sailer: How Race, Ethnicity Questions On Census Boost Anti-White Quotas
Mark Skousen: Karl Rove Living In Denial?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Education

This update focuses on education.

Steve Sailer: That Texas Schoolbook Massacre: Have Critics Actually Looked At Current High School History Texts?
Paul Galvin: Achieve Educational Freedom, Excellence and Harmony: Eliminate the Public Schools
Phyllis Schlafly: Dangerous Projects in Public Schools
Steve Sailer: Diane Ravitch, “No Child Left Behind”, And The Racial Achievement Gap’s Kryptonite Cause
Gary North: Killing the Spirit of Learning
Phyllis Schlafly: Texas Kicks Out Liberal Bias From Textbooks
Gary Larsen: Taking Over the Student Loan Program...or Bust!
Phyllis Schlafly: Putting Private Info on Government Database

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration.

Robert Engstrom: Arizona Sets Strict New Immigration Policy
Allen Wall: Yes, La Raza Really Does Mean "The Race"—And The Idea Was Invented By a Nazi Sympathizer
James Edwards: Schumer and Graham Offer Amnesty Retread
Pat Buchanan: The Sydney Carton Party: Open Borders Leading GOP To The Guillotine
Michelle Malkin: The Slaughter on the Southern Border
Joe Guzzardi: Obamacare + Amnesty = One-Term President. But Where’s The Immigration Moratorium?
Roger Hedgecock: Graham Pushes National I.D. Card
James Edwards: E-Verify: Setting the Record Straight

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad.

Phillip Jennings: History of Vietnam War for People with Attention Deficit Disorder
Pat Buchanan: Ethnonationalism: The Wars of Tribe and Faith Return
Sean Gabb: It Happened There (3): Court Cripples British National Party For Being Too, Well, British
Mark Steyn: When Responsibility Doesn’t Pay
Ron Paul: Are US Taxpayers Bailing Out Greece?
Gary North: The Incontinent Subcontinent
Daniel Pipes: Free Speech For Wilders?
Gary North: Bye-Bye, PIGS

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government.

Thomas Woods: The Ivy League Hates Nullification
Gary North: Planning To Retire?
Gary North: The City of Detroit is Dead: It Was Killed by Government
Gary North: The State Seeks To Be God
Mark Steyn: Obamacare Dystopia
Thomas Sowell: An Off-Budget Office?
Thomas Sowell: A Point of No Return?
Eric Peters: Taser Nation, by Eric Peters
Gary North: Why Should Your Children Pay for My Retirement?
Fred Reed: Nullification: The Last Hope

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Steve Sailer: The Bush Administration And The Middle Parts Of History
Washington Watcher: Saving the Tea Parties from Tom Tancredo…Or From Dick Armey?
Steve Sailer: What Was Karl Rove Thinking? Some Clues From His Autobiography
Gary North: Anti-Gold Conservatives Are Through
Selwyn Duke: The Crusades: When Christendom Pushed Back
Steve Sailer: Diversity Is Strength! It’s Also…Homicide-Prone Minorities In Los Angeles
Steve Sailer: How Come Tom Edsall Can Talk About The Sailer Strategy And I Can’t?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Health Care

This update focuses on health care. Obama and the democrats continue to push their health care takeover despite massive opposition from Americans. They have used every dirty trick in the book to get to this point, including massively lying about the fiscal consequences of their plan.

Michelle Malkin: The Deem-o-crats' Towering Deception
Mark Steyn: Welcome to Deemocracy
Doug Bandow: The Real Issue In Health Care: Who Decides?
Ann Coulter: My Healthcare Plan
William Jasper: Global ObamaCare & the “Good Club” Billionaires
James Edwards: TennCare Shows Folly of Government-Run Health Care

See also: Sick in America with John Stossel

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism.

Phyllis Schlafly: Obama Panders to the Feminists
Samuel Blumenfeld: Is Humanism a Religion?
Phyllis Schlafly: Organizing Kids for Obama
Phyllis Schlafly: The Problem Is Government Unions
Don Devine: Putting Unions First
Ann Coulter: Obama's Owned -- You Can Bank On It

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

Government

This update focuses on government.

Gary North: Power to the People
Ron Paul: If Ron Paul Were President
Mark Steyn: Our Own Greek Tragedy
Gary North: The Fed Is Trapped
Charles Scaliger: Bailout Baloney - Banking
Joe Wolverton: State vs. Federal: The Nullification Movement
Gary North: Where’s All That Gold?
Terry Easton: 10 Steps to Fix the U.S. Financial Crisis
Patrick Krey: State vs. Federal: The Nullification Movement
Joe Wolverton: Signing Statements & Executive Orders: Obama's Tyrannical Tack
William Hoar: Scheme to Nationalize Student-loan Industry
William Hoar: Foreign Handouts: More Harm Than Good
Donald Lambro: Obama's Expensive Train Set
Gary North: Not Planning To Retire, Are You?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. Elites continue to promote amnesty, though it appears unlikely to pass soon.

Allen Wall: Evangelicals, The NAE And Immigration
Edwin Rubenstien: National Data: Ron Unz Vanishes Hispanic Criminality…Not!
Steve Sailer: Without An Immigration Moratorium, How Long Can The GOP Hold Texas?
Bay Buchanan: Immigration Enforcement: A Populist Program to Create Jobs
Washington Watcher: Why The Gutierrez Amnesty Bill Is So Bad—And Why It Might Pass Anyway
James Edwards: Obama's Homeland Security Hobbles Local Immigration Enforcement

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Education

This update focuses on education.

John Stossel: Education: Too Important for a Government Monopoly
Michael Smith: HOME-SCHOOLING: Socialization not a problem
Education Reporter: University of Minnesota Plans to Re-Educate Teachers
Samuel Blumenfeld: Multiculturalism: Cultural Insanity Run Amok
Samuel Blumenfeld: How Conservatives Can Use “Education Reform” as a Campaign Issue
Phyllis Schlafly: Why Kids Don't Do Well in School
William Hoar: Ballooning Education Bill
Jack Kenny: Effort Continues to Oust "Safe Schools Czar"

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Sovereignty

This update focuses on sovereignty.

William Jasper: "Tobin Tax" and UN Global Taxman Making A Comeback
William Jasper: Global ObamaCare and World Population Control
Alex Newman: UN-Backed Troops Wreak Havoc in Africa
William Jasper: Socialist International in Copenhagen: "Birth of Global Governance"
Alex Newman: Lisbon Treaty Builds EU Super-state
Jerome Corsi: Insider reveals secrets of North America plot
Alex Newman: Global Police Seek More Power

United Nations: Eagle Forum: United Nations
North American Union: Eagle Forum Stop SPP
Trans-Texas Corridor: Corridor Watch

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad.

Roger Devlin: Why Global Democratic Revolution (And Mass Immigration) Won’t Work
Donald Collins: Democrat Prefers Another Leader's Common Sense To Obama’s SOTU Address
Nathan Blevins: The Call of Ellan Vannin
Sean Gabb: It’s Happening There: Britain’s Emerging Police State
Steve Sailer: Why Haiti Is So Hopeless; And A Very Modest Proposal
Pat Buchanan: Why Are They at War With Us?
Paul Green: Three Cheers for the Swiss
Don Devine: Getting Afghanistan Right

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government. Government continues to bungle airport security, bankrupt America, and more.

Ed Hiserodt: How "Obamanomics" Is Bankrupting You
William Hoar: Govt Spends Money Like Monopoly Money
Becky Akers: Green Government
Bob Adelman: U.S. Debt Level Unsustainable, Report Says
Thomas Eddlem: The Coming Small Business Revolution on Politics after Citizens United v. FEC
Joe Wolverton: RAND Corporation Calls for a Domestic Stability Police Force
Steve Sailer: “No Smoking Gun”? What About Detroit Bomber’s Profile?
Mark Steyn: The Joke’s on Us
Ann Coulter: Ivana Trump Escorted Off Plane: Napolitano Declares 'The System Worked'

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Health Care

This update focuses on health care. The election of Scott Brown to the Senate from Massachusetts has thrown a wrench into the machine of the attempt to take over America's health care. But Obama and his supporters haven't given up yet.

Phyllis Schlafly: The Marriage Penalty in Health Care
Ron Paul: Healthcare Reform is a Lump of Coal
Joe Wolverton: Historic Christmas Eve Vote Marks Passage of Senate Healthcare Bill
Mark Steyn: Cross the River, Burn the Bridge
Andrew Napolitano: What Is a Right?
William Hoar: Infected Bill of Health

See also: Sick in America with John Stossel

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Steve Sailer: Hidden Key To Last Decade’s Disasters: Dubya’s Commitment To “Diversity”
Steven Baskerville: Feminist Gulag: No Prosecution Necessary
Don Devine: New Year Right Agenda
Jennifer Morse: Is the Family Court System Totalitarian?
Don Devine: Does Christmas Matter?
Tom Piatak: War Against Christmas 2009: Christians Against Christmas?
Tom Piatak: War Against Christmas 2009: Reflections on Hanukkah, Christmas, and “Nitel Night”
Rebecca Terrell: Newt Gingrich: The Establishment’s Conservative

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy. Job losses are mounting, along with government spending and debt. The government has made the economy worse.

Phyllis Schlafly: The Causes of Unemployment
Ron Paul: Keynesianism Delivers a Decade of Zero
Bob Adelmann: Ponzi Schemes and Social Security
Bob Adelmann: The Economy: Cheerleaders vs. Reality
Phyllis Schlafly: Who Has the Solution for Unemployment?
Don Devine: Why Are Stocks Up?
Thomas Sowell: Solving Whose Problem?

See also:
Gary North series: What is Money?
The Recession Reader
The Bailout Reader

Global Warming

This update focuses on global warming. The Copenhagen conference ended with few results. The Climategate scandal continues to reverberate.

William Jasper: Copenhagen Report: Obama Fails to "Seal the Deal"
Alex Newman: Cheers and Jeers at Copenhagen’s Climate Conference
William Jasper: Climate 
“Teacup Tempest”?
William Jasper: What Consensus? Public, Scientists Doubt Climate Crisis
William Jasper: Lord Monckton, the Copenhagen Treaty, and the Constitution
William Hoar: What Will Greenhouse Gas Reductions Do?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Best Articles of 2009

It is time for the best articles of 2009. These articles were selected from roughly 10,000 articles this year. More than 400 articles appeared in this year's 52 POLITICAL UPDATES.

The economy was the most frequent topic, inspiring eight updates. Second was health care with seven. Tied for third were the culture war, government, news from abroad, and liberalism with five each. What follows are my choices, in chronological order, for the twenty most important news or opinion pieces of 2009.

Gary North: Social Security Is Going, Going, Gone
James Dellingpole: The Great British Climate Fraud
Lew Rockwell: Economics and Moral Courage
Michael Cannon and Ramensh Ponnuru: You Mislead!
Gary North: Medicare Went Broke in 2008
William Jasper: Decades of Suicidal Policies Vis-à-vis Russia and China
James Perloff: Council On Foreign Relations
Steve Sailer: The Gods Of The Copybook Headings With Terror And Slaughter [a.k.a. The Minority Mortgage Meltdown] Return
James Perloff: Iran and the Shah: What Really Happened
Ann Coulter: 49 Million to Five
Steve Sailer: Playing With Fire: The Obama Administration Backs Anti-White Discrimination in Ricci
William Jasper: Homeland Security: Everyone's a Threat
Steve Sailer: The “Obama Bear Market” And Why He Triggered It
Steve Sailer: Demography Is Destiny. And Our Destiny (Courtesy Of Immigration Policy) Is Disastrous
Steve Sailer: Minority Mortgage Meltdown (contd.) Pay No Attention To That Diversity Mandate Behind The Curtain
John McManus: EU Déjà Vu in the Caribbean
Chuck Baldwin: A Very Real New World Order
Chuck Baldwin: More On The New World Order
Phyllis Schlafly: Community Organizing Explained
Steve Sailer: The Minority Mortgage Meltdown (contd.): How The Community Reinvestment Act Fits In

Previous:
Best Articles of 2008
Best Articles of 2007
Best Articles of 2006
Best Articles of 2005

Government

This update focuses on government. Government caused still more damage in 2009.

Gary North: Social Security Is Going, Going, Gone
Jack Kenny: American Czars
Edwin Viera: The Second Amendment, The States, and the People
Dave Workman: The Year in Review: Major steps to advance gun rights achieved in 2009
Tim Carney: The Washington Toy Story
Floy Lilley: The Economics of Recycling
Joe Wolverton: Oath Keepers: Patriotic Defenders of the Republic?
Phyllis Schlafly: Obama's Plan to Spread the Wealth
Patrick Krey: Can the County Sheriff Save the Constitution?
William Hoar: The Burden of Social Security

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism.

William Andersen: The Progressive Era
Phyllis Schlafly: Feminist Vendetta Against Men's Sports
David Goodman: The 60th Anniversary of Orwell’s 1984
Phyllis Schlafly: Obama's Radical Rogues Gallery?
Rich Noyes: Better Off Red?
Bruce Walker: Nazis and Communists: Ideological Bedfellows
Phyllis Schlafly: Feminists Psychoanalyze Themselves Again
Cort Kirkwood: ACORN’s Nutty Antics
Steve Sailer: Norman Podhoretz’s Why Are Jews Liberal? Not Good Enough

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

Education

This update focuses on education. Government and liberalism continue to corrupt education. Obama's "Safe Schools Czar" Kevin Jennings is pursuing a radical agenda.

Carrie Lukas: Keep Uncle Sam Away from Toddlers!
Selwyn Duke: Boys’ Educational Failure Is No Mystery
Phyllis Schlafly: Where Are the Men?
William Jasper: Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” Kevin Jennings
Samuel Blumenfeld: Why the Federal Government Should Get Out of Education
Samuel Blumenfeld: Is Public Education Necessary?
William Jasper: Jennings Coverup Exposes More Media Malfeasance
William Jasper: Are Schools Teaching Children to Serve Obama?
David d'Escoto: The Insanity of the Right

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Global Warming

This update focuses on global warming. Many of the primary scientific advocates of global warming hysteria have been exposed committing fraud, destroying data, illegally hiding data from FOIA requests, manipulating data to support their conclusions, and scheming to silence scientific critics. Meanwhile, the Copenhagen conference is about to get underway, where a treaty to put in place world government and massive redistribution of American wealth will be considered.

Christopher Booker: Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation
William Jasper: Climategate: E-mail Scandal Could Melt Copenhagen Plans
Ann Coulter: Do Smoking Guns Cause Global Warming, Too?
James Dellingpole: The Great British Climate Fraud
William Jasper: Carbon Scam? Al Gore, Profits, and Copenhagen

Chuck Baldwin: Climate Change Treaty A Precursor To Global Government?
Larry Greenley: Lord Monckton Says UN Copenhagen Treaty Will Create Communist World Government
William Jasper: From Rio to Copenhagen

Ed Hiserodt: Having Never Heard of Global Warming
George Giles: The Global-Warming Crusaders
Ed Hiserodt: "Not Evil Just Wrong": Dissecting Environmental Extremism

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Don Devine: Hasan Correctness Psychology
Steve Sailer: The Next Liberal Fad: A “Stolen Generation” Of Black Children?
Steve Sailer: John Derbyshire Says We Are Doomed!—Good News For The Alternative Right
Phyllis Schlafly: Obama Makes Polygamy a 21st Century Issue
Lew Rockwell: Economics and Moral Courage
Don Devine: Racist America
Jad Babbin: Latimer the Liberator?
Don Devine: Conservatism's Regeneration

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy. Unemployment remains over 10% nationally and over 15% in Michigan. Government debt continues to expand, imperiling the dollar. The economy is not recovering, despite government claims to the contrary.

Gary North: Decide How (Not If) the Government Will Default
Charles Scaliger: The Diminishing Dollar
William Campenni: Financial Bust Connected to Illegal Alien Mortgages
Don Devine: Phony Economic Recovery
Charles Scaliger: A Review of "End the Fed" by Ron Paul
Lila Ravija: Green Shoots and White Lies

See also:
Gary North series: What is Money?
The Recession Reader
The Bailout Reader

Health Care

This update focuses on health care. The House of Representatives passed a 2000-page bill to take over health care.

Thomas Sowell:
The "Costs" of Medical Care Part II Part III Part IV

Ron Paul: Healthcare Reform is Economic Malpractice
Joe Wolverton: Healthcare Bill: Pay for a Plan or Go to Jail
Joe Wolverton: Obamacare and the Demise of Federalism
Jack Kenny: Constitutional Healthcare
Becky Akers: The Healthcare Bill's Sops to the Mental-health Industry
Washington Watcher: He Lies! Obamacare Does Cover Illegal Aliens. (And Legal Immigrants Too, Needless To Say)

See also: Sick in America with John Stossel

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad. Russia remains dominated by the KGB, which is still involved in terrorism and crime. The European Union continues to expand its power.

William Jasper: Dangerous Connections: NBA and the KGB
William Jasper: KGB/FSB: The “Game” Remains the Same
Patrick Krey: Lords of Chaos: The Kremlin’s Arms Merchants
Thomas Eddlem: The Soviet Roots of Terrorism
William Jasper: No State Sponsors, No Terror

Alex Newman: Holdout Signs Lisbon Treaty Creating EU Super-State
Kevin Grace: What Canada’s Free Speech Victory Says About America’s Matthew Shepard “Hate Crimes” Bill

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Health Care

This update focuses on health care. The Obama administration continues to attempt to foist a takeover of health care on America.

Ann Coulter: Liberal Lies About Health Care: Part 6 Part 7 I'll Pass on 'Opting Out'
Robert Blumen: 'Health Insurance'
Phyllis Schlafly: What's In and What's Out of Health Care Legislation
Thomas Eddlem: Obama Attacks Health care Studies
Alex Newman: Swine Flu: The Risks and Efficacy of Vaccines
Alex Newman: Swine Flu Seizures
James Edwards: Health Reform Loopholes for Illegals
Phyllis Schlafly: Good Health Depends on Defeating Government Health
Michael Cannon and Ramensh Ponnuru: You Mislead!

See also: Sick in America with John Stossel