Immigration

This update focuses on immigration.

Washington Watcher: “Worse than A Crime—A Blunder”: Ron Paul’s Tragic Turnaround On Immigration
Phyllis Schlafly: Obama and Mexican Trucks
Washington Watcher: Good News—Legal Immigration Down in 2010. Bad News—It’s Still More Than A Million
Washington Watcher: Paez Without Honor— Hispanic Activist Judge Leads Attack On Arizona Law
Steve Sailer: Birthright Citizenship, Anarcho-Tyranny, And Beverly Hills Nativism
Allan Wall: Memo From Middle America (Formerly Known As Memo From Mexico): Birthright Citizenship—How Some Other Countries Handle It

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Steve Sailer: Census 2010: Hispanic Hype, Black Backwash, White Flight
Thomas Sowell: Voting With Their Feet
Gary North: The Most Important Unanswered Historical Question in the World: 'What Changed in 1800?'
Gary North: What Made America Great
Steve Sailer: Population Paradoxes—A Post-Anglo America Might Vote For Big Government, But Couldn't Afford It. What then?
Steve Sailer: National Journal’s Ronald Brownstein Confirms Sailer Strategy
Phyllis Schlafly: VAWA Is an Excellent Target for Spending Cuts
Gary North: Still Out of Step After All These Years

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy.

Gary North: Wealth Through Decentralization
Gary North: Insider Trading: A Bum Rap
Gary North: Bernanke Is Riding the Tiger
Gary North: Interest Rates on the Rise
James Ryan: The Strange Tale of Obama, The Teamsters, The Sierra Club—And Those Cheap, Dirty, Dangerous Mexican Trucks
Gary North: Gold or Uniformed Goons With Badges and Guns
Phyllis Schlafly: Death for Innovation
Gary North: Enemies of the Middle Class
Gary North: Gold Has No Intrinsic Value
Gary North: Booms, Busts, and Food Prices

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

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism.

Ann Coulter: Thanks For Raising My Taxes--What Else Can I Do For You?
Ann Coulter: Liberals: They Blinded Us With Science
Thomas Sowell: Union Myths
Ann Coulter: Six-Figure Bus Drivers & Other Working-Class Heroes
Dan Flynn: Spies Like Us
Andrew McCarthy: Jean-Jacques Jihad
Phyllis Schlafly: Feminism Has Become a Hot Topic
Michelle Malkin: De-Fund The Predators Of Planned Parenthood
James Fulford: They’ll Think You’re Signaling! Dog-Whistles From Goldwater To Reagan To Palin

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

Libya

This update focuses on Libya.

Ann Coulter: Obama Cried, Kids Died
Pat Buchanan: Obama's War
Dan Flynn: The Right Must Admit It Was Wrong About Democracy in the Middle East
Mark Steyn: The Art of Inconclusive War
Pat Buchanan: Obama's Foolish and Unconstitutional War
Pat Buchanan: Obama’s Confused Foreign Policy—And America’s
Pat Buchanan: After The Arab “Revolution”, The Bell Tolls For America
Pat Buchanan: It's Their War, Not Ours

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad.

Sean Gabb: Persecuting Christians
Pat Buchanan: Robert Gates, Neo-Isolationist?
Pat Buchanan: Manufacturing's Dismal Decade
Phyllis Schlafly: Free Trade with Protectionist China Cheats America
Pat Buchanan: Will Multiculturalism End Europe?
Alex Kurtagic: UK’s Cameron Says Multiculturalism Has Failed—But His Solution Is Muscular Liberalism
Thomas Sowell: Undermining Allies
Eugene Girin: To Russia With Hate—Mass Immigration is Destroying Russia, Too

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government.

Gary North: How the Fed Can Be Abolished
Phyllis Schlafly: So Refreshing; Congress Doing Its Job
Phyllis Schlafly: A Warning About Things to Come
Walter Williams: Democracy Versus Liberty
Gary North: Setting the Government's Agenda
Gary North: Sacrosanct No More
Gary North: The Constitution Is on Life-Support
Gary North: When the Insiders Lose Control
Gary North: Facebook, Twitter, and the Arab Revolutions
Ann Coulter: What Liberals Don't Know About Guns, Chapter 217

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Unions

This update focuses on unions.

Michelle Malkin: Teachers’ Unions 101: "A" Is For "Agitation"
Pat Buchanan: Why Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Must Win
Ann Coulter: Uncivil Unions
Ann Coulter: Look For the Union Fable
Michelle Malkin: Fleebaggers: The New Cut-and-Run Democrats
Pat Buchanan: Barack Hussein Alinsky
Gary North: Is the Teacher's Union as Dead as a Doornail?
Michelle Malkin: Apocalypse Now: Wisconsin vs. Big Labor

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

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.