Retirement

Due to time constraints, I have decided to cease my weekly POLITICAL UPDATES. We had a good run, dating back to summer 2005. Unfortunately, I can't keep up the same schedule any longer. Readers can find good conservative articles by visiting the websites frequently linked to, and reading frequent authors such as Steve Sailer, Gary North, Thomas Sowell, Ann Coulter, and Phyllis Schlafly.

Thank you.
-Conservative First

Best Articles of 2011

It is time for the best articles of 2011. 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 and the government were the most frequent topics, inspiring seven updates each. Immigration and the culture war were tied with six each.

Here are the ten best articles of 2011.

Victor Davis Hanson: Two Californias
Gary North: Facebook, Twitter, and the Arab Revolutions
Steve Sailer: Census 2010: Hispanic Hype, Black Backwash, White Flight
Thomas Sowell: Voting with Their Feet
Steve Sailer: Obama and Osama: Can We Go Home Now?
Gary North: College: Why It Is Not a Bubble
Gary North: London Riots: What Nobody Dares to Say
Federale: Obama Regime's Administrative Amnesty: Impeachment Is The Only Answer
Gary North: Too Many Eurozone Summits
Victor Davis Hanson: Vandalized Valley

Previous:
Best Articles of 2010
Best Articles of 2009
Best Articles of 2008
Best Articles of 2007
Best Articles of 2006
Best Articles of 2005

Election 2012

This political update focuses on the 2012 election.

Mark Steyn: The Gingrich Gestalt
Larry Kudlow: The 2011 HUMAN EVENTS Conservative of the Year: Paul Ryan
Ann Coulter: Newt: Speak Bombastically and Carry a Tiny Stick
Ann Coulter: Newt Presents a Fresh New Virtual Face
Ann Coulter: If Not Romney, Who? If Not Now, When?
Peter Bradley: Newt Gingrich—GOP’s Anti-White Quota King
Steve Sailer: Herman Cain And The Limits Of Permissible Republican Ideology
James Kirkpatrick: Is “Conservatism” Enough? Russell Pearce’s Defeat And The Future Of “The Movement”
Phyllis Schlafly: National Popular Vote Is a Bad Idea

For campaign and election coverage, visit Red Racing Horses.

Sovereignty

This update focuses on sovereignty.

Phyllis Schlafly: China Celebrates Outwitting Us in the WTO
Phyllis Schlafly: UN Mischief from Durban to Rio
Steve Sailer: Newt Gingrich, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush—Servants of Davos Man
Phyllis Schlafly: Goodbye UNESCO a Model for Goodbye UN
Gary North: Europe's Hangover
Gary North: Too Many Eurozone Summits

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Immanuel Velikovsky: Deluge
Gary North: The Coming Break-Up of the Nation-State
Pat Buchanan: The Equality Racket
Steve Sailer: Steve Jobs: Nature, Nurture, And Apricot Orchards In Silicon Valley
Pat Buchanan: Why We Should Care If Whites Become A Minority
Gary North: The Paterno Affair and Western Liberty

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy.

Gary North: French Fried Banks
Gary North: Europe's Two Endgames
Gary North: German Pope, Italian Central Banker
Gary North: Boomer Blindness
Gary North: Compound Economic Growth and Atlas
Phyllis Schlafly: Let's Talk About Jobs

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government.

Allan Wall: Photo ID For Voters—How Come It’s OK For Mexico?
Mark Steyn: Biden’s Fourth-Grade Economics
Gary North: Not Theirs To Occupy

Gary North: Lake Wobegon Politics
Gary North: Occupy Liberty Street (OLS)! (The Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Gary North: Gasoline Sales in Oregon: 16x7
John Whitehead: SWAT Team Mania: The War Against the American Citizen

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism.

Dan Flynn: The Original Kool-Aid Drinkers
Gary North: Ellen Brown's War on the Constitution
Mark Steyn: Corporate Collaborators
Washington Watcher: J. Christian Adams’s INJUSTICE: The “Racial Agenda Of The Obama Justice Department” Turns Out To Be Anti-White Zealotry
Mark Steyn: American Autumn
Dan Flynn: Progressives' Prohibition
Steve Sailer: Randall Kennedy On Barack Obama:"Eloquence And Candor Are Not Always Useful Qualities"
Steve Sailer: How Smart Is Obama, Anyway? About As Smart As Gerald Ford!

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

Education

This update focuses on education.

Roger Devlin: Higher Education: The Impossibility Of Reform
Phyllis Schlafly: College May Be Dangerous for Men
Phyllis Schlafly: Scandals in the Classroom
Gary North: Just Say No to School Vouchers . . . Again
Phyllis Schlafly: Obnoxious Classroom Curricula
Phyllis Schlafly: Perpetuating Federal Spending on Education

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy.

Thomas Sowell: Numbers Games
Phyllis Schlafly: Mexican Trucks Are On Our Roads
Gary North: On Rebooting America
Phyllis Schlafly: Korean Agreement Is a Jobs Killer
Gary North: Newton's Apple and Jobs's Apple: Their Dual Trajectory Is Inevitable
Gary North: The #1 Historical Question Is Unanswered
Gary North: God, Gold, Groceries, and Guns
Gary North: Flying PIIGS
Gary North: Europe's Botox Bailouts

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Pat Buchanan: The Conquest of the West
Pat Buchanan: What Is It We Wish to Conserve?
Steve Sailer: HOMESICKNESS-There's A Reason STAND AND DELIVER's Escalante Returned To Bolivia
Pat Buchanan: Is America Disintegrating?
Steve Sailer: Sailer On Buchanan’s SUICIDE OF A SUPERPOWER: Bareknuckle Brawler and Wisest, Most Objective Man In American Public Affairs
Phyllis Schlafly: The High Costs of Marriage Absence
Pat Buchanan: A.D. 2041—End of White America?
Paul Gottfried: Yes Virginia [Dare], There Is A “Cultural Marxism”
Gary North: How Steve Jobs Connected His Lifetime Dots
Gary North: Steve Jobs: Setback and Recovery
Gary North: Rev. Jobs Brings His Sermon to a Close
Peter Brimelow: Beware Bilingualism! The Catastrophic Canadian Case

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration.

Steve Sailer: The Sailer Strategy Updated: Three Steps To Save America
Steve Sailer: Sailer on Unz: Immigration, The Minimum Wage, And The Rule Of Law
Tom Tancredo: Is America A "Proposition Nation"?
Phyllis Schlafly: U.S. Citizenship Should Not Be for Sale
Pat Buchanan: "The Importation Of Foreign Workers Must Halt"—Whose Country Is It, Anyway?
Peter Brimelow: Bachmann Right, Washington Post (And Treason Lobby) Wrong, About Pre-1965 Immigration System
James Edwards: Obama's Backdoor Amnesty for 300,000 Immigrants

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Sovereignty

This update focuses on national sovereignty.

Pat Buchanan: Is the New World Order Unraveling?
Phyllis Schlafly: Buying Counterfeit Chips from China
John O'Sullivan: Fonte on “Global Governance"—John O’Sullivan’s Foreword to Sovereignty Or Submission: Will Americans Rule Themselves Or Be Ruled By Others?
Gary North: Busted Europe, Busted Dream
Phyllis Schlafly: Time to Say Goodbye to the WTO
Steven Groves: Law of Sea Treaty Could Cost U.S. Trillions
Alex Newman: The Emerging Global Fed

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government.

Gary North: The Federal Reserve Is Playing Defense
Gary North: Bernanke's Clone: Sarah Raskin Says 'Trust Us'
Gary North: Gold Confiscation: A Highly Unlikely Threat
Gary North: Mass Inflation, Yes; Hyperinflation, No
Pat Buchanan: A Conspiracy of Counterfeiters
Gary North: World Trade Center Building 7 and Conspiracy Theories
Gary North: Jackson Hole: Bernanke as a Magician
Gary North: Gold Standard or Nixon Standard

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Patrick Cleburn: “Hitler’s Revenge” Paralyzing GOP Hopefuls As Obama Plays Race Card
Gary North: The 'Mayor Palin' Program: Sarah Palin's Golden Opportunity to Change the Country
Steve Sailer: Charles C. Mann’s 1493: The “Columbian Exchange”, The Homogenocene, And White Guilt
Richard Spencer: The Majority Strategy: The Essential Argument--Why The GOP Must Win White America
Steve Sailer: Paul Graham, Ben Franklin And The Value of Political Incorrectness
Ann Coulter: The Flash Mob Mentality of Scientific Inquiry
Ann Coulter: Liberals Aren't Funny, They're a Riot!
Thomas Sowell: Social Degeneration
Phyllis Schlafly: Oh, How America Has Changed

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad.

Gary North: Paymaster Germany and the Endgame
Pat Buchanan: The Democracy Worshipers
Pat Buchanan: Why Are We Baiting the Bear In Georgia?
Steve Sailer: Protests And Population Policy: Israel’s Lessons For America
John Derbyshire: John Derbyshire On Understanding China And The Chinese
Ann Coulter: New York Times Reader Kills Dozens in Norway
Steve Sailer: Maurice Glasman, Ed Miliband And The Rapid Rise And Faster Fall Of Blue Labour’s Immigration Patriotism

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy.

Gary North: Debt and Debt Maintenance: Why American Households Are Not in Big Trouble
Gary North: The Dollar As the World's Reserve Currency. Poor World.
Gary North: The Big (Stupid) Idea: Universal Personal Bankruptcy to Save America's Economy
Thomas Sowell: Back to the Future?
Gary North: How Dave Ramsey Made $55 Million by Being Good on Personal Debt, Naive on Business Debt, Lousy on Investing, and a Loudmouth Bully.
Phyllis Schlafly: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Gender Gap
Peter Schiff: Job Killer in Chief
Gary North: Pencils and Liberty
Phyllis Schlafly: Candidates Should Be Talking About China
Gary North: These Threats Will Not Collapse America's Economy

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Spending

This update focuses on spending.

Gary North: Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Bank Runs
Gary North: Your Portfolio of Lies
Thomas Sowell: A Pyrrhic 'Victory'
Gary North: Debt Impasse: Fake and Real
Pat Buchanan: Fiscal Hawks vs. Security Hawks
Gary North: Obama v. Obama

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration.

Federale: Obama’s Administrative Amnesty: Impeachment Is The Only Answer
Steve Sailer: Jorge Castañeda On Mexico's Eternal Mañana
Washington Watcher: Rick Perry—Another Texas Governor for Amnesty
Rachel Marsden: Global Poll Uncovers Psychic Shift on Immigration
Steve Sailer: "Latino Leaders" Lacking Followers, Name Recognition, And Voters—But Not MSM Influence
Allan Wall: Operation Wetback II: A Few Practical Proposals

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism.

Pat Buchanan: Obama's Race-Based Spoils System
Phyllis Schlafly: Feminists Have a Tantrum
Phyllis Schlafly: VAWA Must Be Rewritten
Steve Sailer: That BAMN vs. Michigan Decree: Will GOP Defend Whites Against Judge-Imposed Discrimination?
Dan Flynn: Boston's Bin Ladin
Ann Coulter: Civil Rights and the Mob: George Wallace, Bull Connor, Orval Faubus And Other Democrats
Gary North: Population Growth as Propaganda: The Greens and the Reds

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

The Economy

This update focuses on the economy.

Gary North: Roubini, Marx, and Keynes
Gary North: Too Many Emergency Meetings in Europe
Phyllis Schlafly: Debt Ceiling Up, S&P Rating Down
Gary North: The Crack in the Ice
Gary North: How Karl Marx Foresaw Bernanke and Krugman
Gary North: The Yellow Fever Economy
Gary North: The Ghost of Murray Rothbard Haunts The Economist
Edwin Rubenstein: U.S PhDs Have It Tough Enough Without Importing Immigrants
Gary North: The Next Financial Crisis

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Riots

This update focuses on riots.

Mark Steyn: The New Britannia
Ann Coulter: The Sun Never Sets On The British Welfare System
Pat Buchanan: The Fire This Time
Gary North: My Lesson from Los Angeles' Forgotten 1962 Riot
Gary North: London Riots: What Nobody Dares To Say

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government.

Phyllis Schlafly: Get Government Out of Our House
Thomas Sowell: Misleading Words Part II
AWR Hawkins: Enemy of the State
Gary North: Counterfeit Gold Standards
Gary North: Good News on Taxes
Thomas Sowell: Dissecting The Demagoguery About 'Tax Cuts For The Rich'
Gary North: Restoring Liberty With Three Short Laws
Gary North: Bernanke Channels Benchley

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Allan Wall: Don’t Expect “Hispanic Family Values” To Counter Gay Agenda
Pat Buchanan: Demography And Debt Are Both Destiny—We're All Greeks Now
Gary North: Cars 2 Isn't a Lemon. It's a Saab.
Gary North: Never Say Retire
Ann Coulter: Casey Anthony -- Single Mom of the Year!
Phyllis Schlafly: Court Wraps Video Games in First Amendment

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Debt

This update focuses on debt.

Pat Buchanan: Is a Tea Party Triumph at Hand?
Gary North: Baloney
Gary North: On the Road to Government Default
Mark Steyn: The Great Charade
Pat Buchanan: An Establishment in Panic

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration.

Steve Sailer: Propagandist And Traitor: NYT’s Damien Cave And State’s Edward McKeon
Pat Buchanan: Moral Of That U.S.-Mexico Soccer Game: Say Goodbye to Los Angeles
Phyllis Schlafly: Lamar Smith's E-Verify Bill Must Be Amended
James Fulford: Illegal Alien Poster Boy Jose Antonio Vargas—Lawbreaker, Liar, Displacer of American Workers, Treason Lobbyist, Thief
Hugh McInnish: Alabama’s Illegal Alien Crackdown And The Emerging Racial Polarization Of U.S. Politics
Washington Watcher: American Jobs For American Workers—No Compromise On E-Verify!

For more on immigration, see VDARE.com.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad.

Phyllis Schlafly: Libya and the War Powers Act
Pat Buchanan: Who Is To Blame For Losing Our Unnecessary Wars In Afghanistan And Iraq?
Pat Buchanan: Return of the Anti-Interventionist Right
Ilana Mercer: Ilana Mercer’s Preface to Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons For America From Post-Apartheid South Africa
Pat Buchanan: In The Arab World And Elsewhere, People Are Seeking A Separate Existence In Nations—That Are Of, By And For Themselves Alone.
A Antonov: Stalin, Israel, And The National Question

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Spending

This update focuses on spending.

Gary North: Geithner's Victims of Last Resort
Gary North: Austerity Is Good
Thomas Sowell: The Missing Money
Gary North: The Federal Debt Elevator: Going Up
Gary North: When TBTF Meets TBTK
Gary North: The Safe Banking Fantasy
Mark Steyn: Discredited

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war.

Gary North: Never Say Retire
Pat Buchanan: Gay Marriage And The Death of Moral Community
Thomas Sowell: Is Democracy Viable?
Steve Sailer: Immigration/Invasion/Demographic News Funnier If You Get The Joke—Which Is ALWAYS On America
Steve Sailer: The New York Times's Jonathan Mahler On Arizona: Immigration Policy As Fantasy Baseball For Liberals
Phyllis Schlafly: The Cost to Taxpayers of Missing Fathers
Steve Sailer: Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki And U.S. Basketball’s De Facto Discrimination Against Whites
Steve Sailer: Republican Sports Fans And The Affirmative Action They Cheer For
Gary North: Time To Get Rich

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Government

This update focuses on government.

Gary North: Confessions of a Washington Reject
Thomas Sowell: Different Decisions
Steve Sailer: Morgenson And Rosner's Reckless Endangerment: On Trail Of Minority Mortgage Meltdown—But Where’s Dubya?
Steve Sailer: AEI’s Wallison Wimps Out On Minority Mortgage Meltdown
James Edwards: Pending Patent Bill Puts 'Global Harmonization' Above American Innovation
Phyllis Schlafly: The Patent Bill is Unconstitutional
Michelle Malkin: Project Gunrunner: Obama's Stimulus-Funded Border Nightmare

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.