GD's Top 50 of 2009

In my last column, I talked of using TPA as a venue for posting either (1) links to my columns published on Nolan Chart or  (2) the text of rejected columns. This article is a good way to do both. It's a chart of my Top 50 articles of 2009, as judged by page impressions ('hits') by unique readers. All articles are live-linked, so that any one can be read with one click of the mouse.

"GD's Top 50" was submitted and rejected on New Year's Day. I'd had a similar chart for 2008 published the previous New Year's (see #48); however, the 2009 edition was rejected as 'self-promotion.'

2008 was an extremely prolific year for me on the Chart: I wrote and published over 100 articles, and received 92,000 hits. In contrast, last year I published only 10 articles, and the number of hits fell to 38,000. So most of the top 50 listed here are from 2008. It's interesting, to me at least, to note that some of those were more popular, attracting more hits, in the following year; an indication of which parts of the corpus are likely to stand the test of time. I look forward to running similar charts here on future New Year's Days.

What follows, including the prefatory note in italics, is the full text of the article submitted to NC. 

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Here are my top 50 Nolan Chart articles of the year, ranked by number of reads. I compiled only a top 50 this year (vs. last year’s Top 100) as I took a break from politics in this non-campaign year. I published only 10 new articles. However, several of my 2008 articles continued to be popular, some attracting more readers last year than when originally published.  I hope this look back introduces more readers to my work. (To view all of my articles, please click the "More articles" link at the end.)

Top 50 of 2009

[Article, date published, number of reads/hits]

1. The Ron Paul Terrorist Report.  Mar. 29, 2009. 1,669.
2. Government or Anarchy?  Jun. 29, 2008. 1,139.
3. FBI: No hard evidence linking Bin Laden to 9/11.  Apr. 10, 2008. 802.
4. George W. Bush, American poet? Jan. 18, 2009. 790.
5. Ron Paul endorses Amit Singh for Congress.  May 5, 2008. 658.
6. Bob Barr and the Gun Ban (I).  Aug. 24, 2008. 644.
7. Ron Paul's Delegate Wars (I).  Apr. 13, 2008. 600.
8. Ron Paul and his rEVOLution.  Mar. 28, 2008. 597.
9. Libertarian politics in Ontario, Canada.  Nov. 10, 2008. 595.
10. Monds wins a million votes in Georgia.  Nov. 7, 2008. 559.
11. Health Care vs. Pizza.  Jul. 6, 2008. 549.
12. Childs's argument for anarchism. Jun. 12, 2009. 537.
13. Ron Paul on Bob Barr: "We're allies."  Jun. 3, 2008. 535.
14. Paul: Pelosi spiked Iran bill.  Jun. 17, 2008. 531.
15. Ron Paul supporter Chuck Baldwin runs for President.  Apr. 25, 2008. 526.
16. "Government or Anarchy?" revisited. Jul. 1, 2009. 518.
17. Bob Barr's Gun Record.  Aug. 6, 2008. 506.
18. Ron Paul's former aide reveals: "We needed" Barr to vote for the PATRIOT Act. May 24, 2008. 500.
19. Baldwin will free Ramos and Compean.  Sep. 15, 2008. 497.
20. Smokin'. June 10, 2008. 495.
21. Bob Barr and the Gun Ban (II).  Aug. 24, 2008. 492.
22. Paul supporters Lawson and Jones win NC primaries.  May 8, 2008. 487.
23. Talking Trash. Jun. 24, 2009. 486.
24. Bob Barr's Real Record (I). May 22, 2008. 472.
25. Libertarian kittens. Jul. 7, 2008. 471.
26. Barr vs. McCain (II): The Wasted Vote. Nov. 3, 2008. 462.
27. Ron Paul's Delegate Wars (II).  Apr. 20, 2008. 456.
28. Ron Paul helps launch Young Americans for Liberty. Dec. 7, 2008. 455.
29. Bob Barr's Real Record (II). May 22, 2008. 450.
30. Ron Paul's Delegate Wars (V). May 11, 2008. 447.
31. Third-party debate in early October.  Sep. 27, 2008. 421.
32. Injustice at Nolan Chart! Nov. 23, 2008. 419.
33. Sarah Palin and "Troopergate."  Aug. 30, 2008. 413.
34. Ron Paul's Delegate Wars (IV). May 4, 2008. 413.
35. Barr vs. McCain (III): Socialism. Nov. 3, 2008. 408.
36. Third-partying the rEVOLution in Louisiana. Oct. 31, 2008. 399.
37. Ron Paul's Delegate Wars (III). Apr. 27, 2008. 399.
38. A sonnet on the Iraq War. May 18, 2009. 399.
39. ACLU sues Transportation Security Administration over Ron Paul staffer's detention. Jul. 19, 2009. 391.
40. Boston Tea Party nominee smears Barr. Jul. 13, 2008. 390.
41. Obama warned not to take peace vote for granted. Jul. 26, 2008. 389.
42. Trouble in Boston Tea Paradise. Oct. 24, 2008. 382.
43. Rare Ron Paul footage in new Barr video. Jul. 27, 2008. 381.
44. Ron Paul's No-Third-Party Deals. Nov. 14, 2008. 377.
45. Bob Barr on the Bailouts. Sep. 21, 2008. 374.
46. Third-Party Debate Fiasco: Oct. 19 debate(s) cancelled. Oct. 18, 2008. 370.
47. Trans-Texas Corridor changes direction. Jun. 27, 2008. 358.
48. GD's Top 100 of 2008. Jan. 1, 2009. 357. 
49. Barr - Paul Alliance Buzz Builds. Jul. 5, 2008. 354.
50. Vince Miller RIP. Jun. 29, 2008. 349.