The Middle East

This update focuses on the Middle East.

Steve Sailer: Electing A New People: The Case of Libya’s Muammar Kaddafi
Steve Sailer: Bahrain—Electing A New People…And Shooting The Old One
Thomas Sowell: Is Democracy Viable?
Pat Buchanan: What’s Wrong With A Middle East Without America?
Ann Coulter: Democrats: Emboldening America's Enemies & Terrifying Her Allies Since 1976
Dan Flynn: Whither Egypt?
Pat Buchanan: Ideology vs. the National Interest

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy.

Gary North: I'm So Glad I Was Fired – Twice
Gary North: The Fed vs. Widows
Gary North: The End of the Nation State
Phyllis Schlafly: Obama's Plan to Admit Mexican Trucks
Gary North: The Nation State Is Doomed
Gary North: I'm Thankful for Shopping Malls

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

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration.

Washington Watcher: CPAC: Conservatives Pandering—Aliens (Still) Coming
Steve Sailer: Byron Roth’s The Perils Of Diversity: Apologies To The Grandchildren
Phyllis Schlafly: Detaching the Anchor from Anchor Babies
Victor Davis Hanson: Two Californias
James Fulford: The Fulford File: Dubya Memoir Shows He Never Understood Immigration (Although His Nanny May Have)
Roger Hedgecock: DREAM Act: An Amnesty Nightmare

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad.

Pat Buchanan: Mubarak: Latest Victim Of The American Way of Abandonment?
Ilana Mercer: Why Do White Protestant Societies Wither? South Africa As A Case Study
Sean Gabb: John Stuart Mill, The BNP, And The U.K.’s Dying Democracy
Will Grigg: How Did This Guy Become a Homeland Security Overlord?
Phyllis Schlafly: Reevaluating Free Trade with China
Rachel Marsden: Could France Go Even Further Right?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government.

Phyllis Schlafly: Cheers for Repeal of ObamaCare
Gary North: When It's Time To Get Out of Dodge
Gary North: The Barbarians Were Civilized
Gary North: Dallas Fed Prez Attacks Ron Paul
Gary North: The Symbolic Debt Ceiling
Pat Buchanan: And the Debt Bomb Ticks On
Pat Buchanan: How the Chinese Must See Us
Gary North: Your Role: To Be a Rube

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism.

Ann Coulter: Mud Libel
Ann Coulter: Scrooge Was A Liberal
Dan Flynn: Want To Understand The Left?
Dan Flynn: Socialism Didn't Work at Plymouth Plantation, Either
Michelle Malkin: Ray LaHood: Obama's Power-Mad Cell Phone Czar
Phyllis Schlafly: Obama Pleads for Women's Vote

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

Leftist Violence

This update focuses on leftist violence in the wake of the Arizona shooting. The left is trying to suppress conservative speech in the name of civility. Most political violence comes from the left, not the right.

Michelle Malkin: The progressive “climate of hate:” An illustrated primer, 2000-2010
Michelle Malkin: Blame Righty: A Condensed History
Dan Flynn: The Left's History Of Violence
Pat Buchanan: Poisonous Politics
Ann Coulter: Liberal Seek Ban on Metaphors In Wake of Arizona Shooting

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Education

This update focuses on education.

Gary North: Public Education Is Going Down
Nicholas Stix: 2011 Campus “Hate Crime” Hoax Season About To Begin
Walter Williams: Black Education Disaster
Pat Buchanan: PISA And Bad Students—American Schools Add Value, But Demography is Still Destiny
Steve Sailer: PISA Scores Show Demography Is Destiny In Education Too—But Washington Doesn’t Want You To Know
Phyllis Schlafly: What's Happened to Public School Curriculum?
Anonymous: The Shadow Scholar
Phyllis Schlafly: The High Price of College
Mary Hickox: Unschooling
Phyllis Schlafly: Common Core Standards For Public Schools: A Bad Idea

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Government

This update focuses on government.

Gary North: Down Will Come the Welfare State, Cradle and All
Pat Buchanan: Is a Bond Crisis Inevitable?
Erick Erickson: Senator Jim DeMint: Conservative Of The Year
Thomas Sowell: "Saving" The Housing Market
Phyllis Schlafy: Government by Regulations Instead of Laws and Treaties
Steve Sailer: Another Helpful Sailer Suggestion Obama Won’t Take—End Voting Rights Act Gerrymanders!
Phyllis Schlafly: The Paycheck Unfairness Act
Gary North: Klaatu Obama Nikto

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Best Articles of 2010

It is time for the best articles of 2010. These articles were selected from roughly 10,000 articles this year. More than 400 articles appeared in this year's 52 POLITICAL UPDATES.

The culture war was the most frequent topic, inspiring eight updates. Immigration and government were tied with seven. Fourth was the economy with six.

This year there was a clear choice for the best article of the year.

Angelo Codevilla: America's Ruling Class – And the Perils of Revolution

Following this, in chronological order, are twelve more selections for the most important news or opinion pieces of 2010.

Gary North: A Red-Alert Threat to the Regime
Steve Sailer: “Bad Students”—Unmentionable Cause Of The Great Achievement Gap
Gary North: Bring Down the Ruling Elite
Ann Coulter: Justice Brennan's Footnote Gave Us Anchor Babies
National Review: Ten Reasons to Oppose Dodd-Frank
Gary North: Abolish the Public Schools
John Taylor Gatto: Against Schools
Steve Sailer: MSM Buries Lead—American Majority Supports Arizona Law. But Our Elites Don’t Like The American Majority
Gary North: Read All About It! The NY Times and Other Establishments Sheets Are Dead
Allen Wall: Yes, La Raza Really Does Mean "The Race"—And The Idea Was Invented By a Nazi Sympathizer
Gary North: The City of Detroit is Dead: It Was Killed by Government
Steve Sailer: Hidden Key To Last Decade’s Disasters: Dubya’s Commitment To “Diversity”

Previous:
Best Articles of 2009
Best Articles of 2008
Best Articles of 2007
Best Articles of 2006
Best Articles of 2005

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy. All of the articles are by prolific writer Gary North.

The Emperor Keynes
Theft By Mercantilists
How to Defend the Free Market Gold Coin Standard: Stop Defending the Government Counterfeits
Bernanke Is Untouchable
The Zombie Banks Feast
The Ron Paul Hot Seat
Rats Desert the Sinking Bernanke
No More Treasury Debt Purchases?
Dr. Bernanke Gets a Phone Call
Judgment Days

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Peter Brimelow: Announcing VDARE.com’s War Against Christmas 2010 Competition!
Pat Buchanan: Christian Rout in the Culture War
Phyllis Schlafly: Lame Duck Judges Should Not Be Confirmed
Steve Sailer: Electing A New People: Arizona Chooses Conservatives
Mathew Richer: Newt Gingrich: The Aspiring Americano President
Ann Coulter: Bradley Manning: Poster Boy For 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Ann Coutler: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Call Our Troops Homophobes
Gary North: Sitting Ducks: Why the Tea Party Movement Is Vulnerable to Economic Charlatans, Ignoramuses, and Statists
Nancy Pearcey: Give Thanks! Time’s View of Marriage Is Obsolete

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Money and Spending

This update focuses on money and spending.

Gary North: The Digit Juggler
Gary North: Bernanke Lied His Way Through a '60 Minutes' Infomercial
Gary North: The Establishment Is in Despair
Gary North: Who Should Be Burned?
Gary North: Ellen Brown Betrays Her Followers
Gary North: Warren Buffett Lives Off You
Lew Rockwell: The Gold Standard Never Dies
Dan Flynn: Watch the Amazing Fed Turn a Dollar into a Dime!
Gary North: There Is a Revolution Coming

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad.

Pat Buchanan: European Union: R.I.P.?
Brenda Walker: Mexico’s Meltdown Coming Here—Unless Washington Acts
Pat Buchanan: Who Fed the Chinese Tiger?
Sean Gabb: A Nail in the Fuse Box: The Persecution of the British National Party
Steve Sailer: Habermas's Huff About Thilo Sarrazin
Rafael Koski: Thilo Sarrazin, Gushing Philosemitism, And The German National Question

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Airport Security

This update focuses on airport security. Protests have mounted against the ridiculous and intrusive procedures of the TSA.

Gary North: TSA: Thou Shalt Acquiesce
Thomas Sowell: Airport "Security"?
Ann Coulter: Strange Men Grope Nancy Pelosi Or The Terrorists Have Won
Ann Coulter: Napolitano: The Ball's In My Court Now
Will Grigg: Daedalus Shrugged

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

James Fulford: The Fulford File: Mormons and Migration
Phyllis Schlafly: Judges Get Their Comeuppance
Pat Buchanan: Tea Party's Winning Hand
Steve Sailer: How Obama Could Earn Re-Election—Abolish Quotas!
Phyllis Schlafly: Government Trampling on Constitutional Rights of Parents
Gary North: Lose Your Government Chains
Steve Sailer: “Can HBD Trump PC?” Steve Sailer’s Address To the H.L. Mencken Club
Thomas Sowell: The Multicultural Cult
Phyllis Schlafly: Marriage Is the Key to Spending Cuts

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration.

Washington Watcher: “Rubio Republicans”—How Different From The Old Hispanic Republicans?
Federale: Will A GOP Congress Block Obama’s Ongoing Administrative Amnesty?
Virgil Goode: Pandering to the Hispanic Vote: Ideological Compromise with No Rewards
Steve Sailer: Diversity Is Strength! It’s Also…Problematic (Legal) Immigration From The Land Of Defunct Empires
Steve Sailer: What GOP Should Say To Hispanics: Vote Like Americans!
Michelle Malkin: Harry Reid's Illegal Alien Student Bailout

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Election 2010

This update focuses on the 2010 election.

Ann Coulter: We're All Bigots Now!
Gary North: How the Republicans Will Sucker the Tea Party
Don Devine: The Election No One Won
Steve Sailer: Election 2010 And The Unmentionable Sailer Strategy: White Vote Still Key
Washington Watcher: Election 2010: A Step Forward—But Still A Long Way To Go
David Kopel: The Second Amendment’s Great Election Night
John Gizzi: Voters Wrestled with Referenda Nationwide

Election Results: NY Times

Government

This update focuses on government.

Gary North: Overthrowing the US Police State
Gary North: How To Get Rid of NPR
Gary North: The Government Is Impoverishing You
Thomas Sowell: Government Greed
Thomas Sowell: Politics Versus Gold
Thomas Sowell: Medical Care Facts and Fables
Chuck Baldwin: Obamacare Must And Can Be Repealed

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Environmentalism

This update focuses on environmentalism.

Will Grigg: Gaia's Jolly Jokesters
Jeff Tucker: Bedbugs of the State
William Andersen: The New York Times and Lies about 'Acid Rain'
Dan Flynn: Global Warming’s Golden Moment Has Passed
John Stossel: Going "Green"

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy.

Gary North: End the Fed and Get the Gold
Gary North: We Have a Bright Future
Gary North: The Junk Bond Future of the US Treasury
Gary North: You're Sitting on a Powderkeg
Peter Schiff: Race to the Bottom
Gary North: Why Gold Is Rising
Gary North: Who Are the Real Experts on Gold?
Gary North: Greenspan's Dark Cloud

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism.

Gary North: Cheerleader for Hitler's Economics
Dan Flynn: Dupes
Steve Sailer: Dinesh D’Souza: The Right Enemies, But The Wrong Thesis
Dan Flynn: No Rules for Radicals
Pat Buchanan: Judge Vaughn Walker, The Solomon of San Francisco
Dan Flynn: People's Historian Revealed as the Kremlin's Historian
Dan Flynn: Top 10 Examples of NAACP Racism
Phyllis Schlafly: More Unaccountable Obama Czars

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.

Steve Sailer: Diversity Is Strength! It’s Also…A Lot Of Problems For Democrats (Richly Deserved)
Steve Sailer: The Real Inequality Scandal: Rich, Poor and MSM Gang Up On American Middle Class
Phyllis Schlafly: Bloomberg Wants to be a Kingmaker
James Fulford: The Fulford File: Koran Burning, Mosque Building, And The First Amendment
Steve Sailer: Whatever Happened to the Democrats’ Youth/Minority Voter Juggernaut?
Pat Buchanan: The Myth of Equality
Gary North: Of Course, the Recession Wasn't Engineered
Gary North: Eight Unbreakable Rules for Hard-Core Tea Party Activists (or Any Other Special-Interest Coalition)
Steve Sailer: Why Don’t Hispanics (And Italians) Project Like Jews?

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government.

Gary North: A Red-Alert Threat to the Regime
Jeff Crouere: Government the Villain in Katrina Tragedy
Thomas Sowell: "Moral Hazard" in Politics
Walter Williams: Who Cares About Our Future?
John Seiler: Will California Repudiate Its Debt?
Will Grigg: Presidential Dictatorship: Not Thinking Things Through

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad.

Gary North: The European Banking Crisis: Next Phase
Michelle Malkin: The Eternal Flame of Muslim Outrage
Phyllis Schlafly: Time to START Standing Up for America
Pat Buchanan: The Cakewalk War: What Does It Profit America If We Save Anbar And Lose Arizona?
Pat Buchanan: The Real Sin of Michael Steele
Ann Coulter: BILL KRISTOL MUST RESIGN

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy.

Ron Paul: On More Stimulus Spending
Ron Paul: Successful Economic Policies? For Whom?
Steve Sailer: The New Synthesis—And Our Posterity
Gary North: The Fed's Digital Bullets
Gary North: Coming: Great Depression 2
Gary North: Bernanke's Jackson Hole Speech
Gary North: Where the Robber Meets the Road
Gary North: Keynesianism Is Dying
Gary North: The Two-Front War on Gold

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

Education

This update focuses on education.

JH Huebert: School Vouchers Are Not Libertarian
Steve Sailer: “Bad Students”—Unmentionable Cause Of The Great Achievement Gap
Phyllis Schlafly: Un-American American History Courses
Gary North: Bring Down the Ruling Elite
Gary North: The Ron Paul Curriculum
Phyllis Schlafly: The NEA's Latest Shenanigans
John Taylor Gatto: The Public School Nightmare
Gennady Stolyarov II: Public Schools Are Anti-Mind

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration.

James Edwards: Amnesty Means Massive Medicaid Costs
Washington Watcher: GOP Establishment’s Epiphany on Birthright Citizenship—Be Optimistic AND Suspicious!
Ann Coulter: Look Who's 'Nativist' Now!
Ann Coulter: Justice Brennan's Footnote Gave Us Anchor Babies
Allen Wall: How Mexican Law Undercuts “Anchor Baby” Interpretation of U.S. 14th Amendment
Washington Watcher: The Next Roe vs. Wade? Obama’s Pyrrhic Victory in Arizona

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Sovereignty

This update focuses on sovereignty.

Phyllis Schlafly: The Feminist Left Goes Global on Our Money
Gary North: The Globalist Power Grab
Phyllis Schlafly: How Republicans Can Blow the Coming Election
Raven Clabough: Crime, Inc.— The Movement Toward Global Government
William Jasper: The Grasp of Socialist International

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

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Angelo Codevilla: America's Ruling Class – And the Perils of Revolution
Gary North: Codevilla's Not-Quite Manifesto
Thomas Sowell: Race, Baseball, and Baloney
Pat Buchanan: The Mosque at Ground Zero
Steve Sailer: James Edwards’ Racism Schmacism—Combating PC Newspeak
Steve Sailer: Jim Webb, The GOP, And The Sammy Sosa Solution
Phyllis Schlafly: The Awesome Power of Family Courts
Steve Sailer: Barack Obama—After Two Rough Years, An Even Bigger Wake-Up Call Is Coming

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.