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

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

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

My article from the July 28, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Bracing for Amnesty By Matthew Vadum Amnesty is coming — big time. Americans need to brace themselves for a huge new wave of Obama-led lawlessness because the president is planning what a top schemer in the White House calls a “very significant” executive action on immigration after the summer. Undoubtedly this means some kind of amnesty for illegal aliens is in the works over and above what Obama has already done, the Constitution and public fury notwithstanding. Obama’s “planned executive orders” would give legal status “to another 5–6 million illegal … Continue reading Bracing for Amnesty

My article from the July 25, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Americans Say Obamacare Is Hurting Families By Matthew Vadum The American people hate Obamacare and recognize the lasting damage it is inflicting, according to a new national poll. Americans seem to recognize that the Obamacare law will boot people out of their health care plans, encourage idleness, drive wages down, increase the government’s tax take, and fail to put a dent in the number of Americans without health insurance coverage. “Obamacare is helping some people; mostly Americans with preexisting conditions and those who are eligible for very generous subsidies,” … Continue reading Americans Say Obamacare Is Hurting Families

My article from the July 15, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: The Obama Administration’s Homeland Security Hypocrisy By Matthew Vadum After years of working hard to comfort America’s terrorist enemies and erase U.S. borders, the nation’s perpetually embattled attorney general is suddenly concerned that Middle Eastern jihadists are working together to create undetectable explosives that could be used to blow up U.S. airliners. Intelligence reports suggest Islamic terrorists in Yemen and Syria have joined forces to make the stealthy bombs and this development is “more frightening than anything I think I’ve seen as attorney general,” Eric Holder said on ABC’s … Continue reading The Obama Administration’s Homeland Security Hypocrisy

My article from the July 3, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Supreme Court: Obama is Out of Order By Matthew Vadum The Supreme Court has wrapped up its 2013-2014 term by handing stinging defeats to the increasingly unpopular President Obama. Doing its job for a change, the high court reined in the power of the Executive Branch of the federal government, striking down a forced unionization scheme, an abortifacient mandate, and improper recess appointments. The Court also rejected the Obama administration’s contention that police be allowed to search Americans’ cellphones without warrants. In the nearly five and a half years Obama has … Continue reading Supreme Court: Obama is Out of Order