Eric Holder, A Legacy of Race-Based Radicalism

My article from the Sept. 26, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Eric Holder, A Legacy of Race-Based Radicalism By Matthew Vadum Attorney General Eric Holder is at long last relinquishing his cabinet post after nearly six unprecedented, catastrophic years of racial demagoguery and gangsterism. Holder, who announced yesterday that he will leave office when a replacement is selected, will leave behind what is probably the most ugly and toxic legacy of any attorney general ever in the history of the republic. Although he has all the moral authority of disbarred Duke Lacrosse prosecutor Mike Nifong, Holder knows he is immune to … Continue reading Eric Holder, A Legacy of Race-Based Radicalism

Obama Brings the Ferguson Lynch Mob to the U.N.

My article from the Sept. 25, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Obama Brings the Ferguson Lynch Mob to the U.N. By Matthew Vadum President Obama used an opportunity on the world stage this week to encourage America’s enemies to continue promoting the tired old left-wing narrative that the U.S. is an irretrievably racist hotbed of injustice. Instead of just focusing on the topic of the day, namely, what the U.S. government is planning to do to undermine the extraordinarily brutal Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), Obama suggested that his own country’s race relations problems are on par with leading world … Continue reading Obama Brings the Ferguson Lynch Mob to the U.N.

Terrorists at the Border

My article from the Sept. 19, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Terrorists at the Border By Matthew Vadum A Democratic congressman tried to use the might of the federal government to crush an investigation into reports that an Islamic terrorist group is using the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez as a base for launching an attack on the U.S. using car bombs or other vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs). The Islamofascist group in question is the extraordinarily brutal Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) that has been conquering swathes of the Middle East with the long-term … Continue reading Terrorists at the Border

Patriots Vow to Fight on for Benghazi Answers

My article from the Sept. 11, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Patriots Vow to Fight on for Benghazi Answers By Matthew Vadum Questions about the Obama administration’s decision to let helpless Americans die in the terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya two years ago won’t go away anytime soon. But that won’t stop former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who desperately wants to be the next president, from trying to make the whole Benghazi episode that happened under her watch go away.  So far the Clinton operation isn’t working. Charles Woods, father of Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods, … Continue reading Patriots Vow to Fight on for Benghazi Answers

Holder Expands Ferguson Witch-Hunt

My article from today’s FrontPage magazine: Holder Expands Ferguson Witch-Hunt By Matthew Vadum Despite the continuing absence of any evidence whatsoever that race was a factor in the police shooting of Michael Brown, the Department of Justice will be conducting a race-baiting witch-hunt aimed at the entire police force in Ferguson, Mo., Attorney General Eric Holder announced yesterday. The new investigation is nothing more than a taxpayer-funded Democratic Party voter registration drive disguised as a civil rights investigation. Such hoaxes are the stock in trade of the radical community organizers who run the Obama White House. Statistics, by the way, … Continue reading Holder Expands Ferguson Witch-Hunt

I’m one of the most cited conservative journalists in America, apparently.

I’m one of the most cited conservative journalists in America, apparently. Google my name and I’m everywhere. I used to keep track of all the citations in the media but eventually it became an overwhelming task. Now I only track citations in published books. My work is cited in at least 64 books so far. Authors on the right, such as John Fund, Phyllis Schafly, Michael Reagan, David Horowitz, and Michelle Malkin rely on my research and commentary. Authors on the left, such as Arianna Huffington, Thomas Frank, and Center for American Progress visiting fellow Shirley Sagawa, have also given my work a vote of confidence … Continue reading I’m one of the most cited conservative journalists in America, apparently.

Hillary Joins the Ferguson Lynch Mob

My article from the Aug. 29, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Hillary Joins the Ferguson Lynch Mob By Matthew Vadum Breaking her calculated silence on the issue, Hillary Clinton said young Michael Brown was a victim of police brutality in Ferguson, Mo., the latest in a long line of helpless black victims mowed down by racist cops who are part of America’s corrupt criminal justice system. It’s just more left-wing sloganeering, staples of which are knee-jerk cop hatred and making excuses for black criminals. Clinton, wife of the man some used to call America’s “first black president,” has a long … Continue reading Hillary Joins the Ferguson Lynch Mob

Michael Brown Funeral: Cop-Lynching Pep Rally

My article from the Aug. 26, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Michael Brown Funeral: Cop-Lynching Pep Rally By Matthew Vadum An Al Sharpton-led memorial service yesterday for Michael Brown, the black 18-year-old thug who gave a white Ferguson, Mo. police officer a severe head injury while trying to seize his handgun, became the grotesque political rally some observers feared it would be. The distinctly anti-police tone of the service was proof that the lie that Brown tried to surrender to white police officer Darren Wilson, rather than trying to beat the life out of him, won’t die. The racial-grievance industry, egged … Continue reading Michael Brown Funeral: Cop-Lynching Pep Rally

Holder’s Lynch Mob in Ferguson

My article from the Aug. 22, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Holder’s Lynch Mob in Ferguson By Matthew Vadum The cop-hating radical lawyers of Eric Holder’s Justice Department are reportedly continuing to feed the passions of the lynch mob in Ferguson, Mo., that is screaming for the blood of the white cop who shot and killed a young black man earlier this month in what now almost certainly appears to be an act of self-defense. A white police officer’s racism, an allegation for which there is no evidence whatsoever, supposedly caused the unfortunate incident. But the leftists who run the … Continue reading Holder’s Lynch Mob in Ferguson

The Ferguson Fix Is In

My article from today’s FrontPage magazine: The Ferguson Fix Is In By Matthew Vadum As mass hysteria over the fatal shooting of Ferguson, Missouri resident Michael Brown grips the progressive movement, President Obama is sending the most divisive, corrupt race-baiter in his cabinet to the riot-torn St. Louis suburb where the suspect died. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who has single-mindedly focused on converting the Department of Justice into a racial grievance incubator, is scheduled to visit Ferguson, Mo., today in an appearance billed as an attempt to restore calm to a community that has erupted in almost daily violence … Continue reading The Ferguson Fix Is In

Michael Brown: A Criminal and a Thug

My article from today’s FrontPage magazine: Michael Brown: A Criminal and a Thug By Matthew Vadum As the media-sanctioned rioting, bloodshed and looting continue in Ferguson, Missouri, evidence is emerging that police shooting victim Michael Brown wasn’t the upstanding citizen that many on the Left have claimed him to be. All of this is happening as mobs have been attacking cops with Molotov cocktails and destroying community infrastructure. Some blacks in the region are reportedly randomly assaulting non-blacks as collective payback for what happened to Brown. Looting and property destruction are rampant. Scores of people have been arrested. Aircraft were ordered … Continue reading Michael Brown: A Criminal and a Thug

Race Riot Romance

My article from the Aug. 14, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Race Riot Romance By Matthew Vadum The fatal police shooting of a young black suspect in a Midwestern town last weekend has given the Left yet another opportunity to advance its destructive, racially polarizing agenda. After 18-year-old Michael Brown, a black man was killed by police in Ferguson, a mostly black community in St. Louis County, Mo., the city and region surrounding it have been under siege. Not content to wait for the wheels of the justice system to spin, some view this tragedy as a license to riot. … Continue reading Race Riot Romance

President Obama’s 16 Watergates (So Far)

It’s always a thrill to get attacked by George Soros’s character assassins at the slander shop called Media Matters for America. At least I think today’s post, President Obama’s 16 Watergates (So Far), was intended as an attack. Here’s the relevant part of the post: The Gibson Guitar Raid, The GM Bailout, And The NLRB/Boeing Dispute In a 2013 column titled, “Obama Scandals vs. Watergate,” FrontPageMag columnist Matthew Vadum posited, “Obama’s serial acts of malfeasance have cost hundreds of lives while Nixon’s caused no loss of life. Both attacked their political enemies using taxpayer resources and tried to rig the system to … Continue reading President Obama’s 16 Watergates (So Far)

Border Horror

My article from today’s FrontPage magazine: Border Horror By Matthew Vadum The brutal slaying of a U.S. Border Patrol agent by illegal aliens highlights the perils of the Obama administration’s de facto open borders policy that has transformed the nation’s southern boundary into a taxpayer-funded welcome center for desperately poor unskilled and low-skill workers, sick children, welfare mooches, and violent criminal gang members. This horrific crime happened not too far from the same border that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sedately insisted was “secure.” “We hear a lot on TV that the border is secure, that the border is safer and that … Continue reading Border Horror

The Arrogance of Eric Holder

My article from today’s FrontPage magazine: The Arrogance of Eric Holder By Matthew Vadum Attorney General Eric Holder argues in a new interview that activism is the proper role of the nation’s chief law enforcement officer — and it is precisely this radical conceit that by itself ought to disqualify him from holding the office. “If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label,” he told left-wing journalist Juan Williams. “Any attorney general who is not an activist is not doing his or her job,” Holder pontificated, skating over the long-recognized fact that an attorney … Continue reading The Arrogance of Eric Holder

Conservatives Triumph in Border Bill Victory

My article from today’s FrontPage magazine: Conservatives Triumph in Border Bill Victory By Matthew Vadum Conservatives in Congress scored a major triumph last week as the House approved emergency legislation that strengthens border security and attempts to rein in a lawless president. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a conservative champion, took a well-deserved victory lap in an interview with the WND news website. The “legislative miracle” approved by the House represents a “stunning turnaround” and “a huge victory for the conservatives in Congress.” Its approval is also a big win for the American people who, Bachmann said, “saved Congress from itself” by jamming the congressional switchboard to state their opposition to President … Continue reading Conservatives Triumph in Border Bill Victory

Conservatives Kill Amnesty Bill —- For Now

My article from the Aug. 1, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Conservatives Kill Amnesty Bill —- For Now By Matthew Vadum A conservative-led uprising among House Republicans scuttled Speaker John Boehner’s worse-than-useless border crisis and immigration legislation yesterday but party leaders vowed to try again today to pass the emergency funding bill. “The bill as it was had more loopholes than a knitted afghan,” Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said in a statement released exclusively to FrontPage late yesterday. Tonight, many members were able to come together and hammer out many of those problems so that we could live with the … Continue reading Conservatives Kill Amnesty Bill —- For Now

Down to the Wire

My article from the July 31, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Down to the Wire By Matthew Vadum Republican lawmakers in the nation’s capital are racing against the legislative clock to approve measures aimed at cleaning up the border mess that President Obama created and preventing him from issuing unilateral decrees making it much, much worse. The Obama administration is threatening to plunge the nation into a dire constitutional crisis after Labor Day by using executive orders to grant a huge amnesty to millions of illegal aliens now in the United States. Of course, in the American system of government, … Continue reading Down to the Wire