My article from the Dec. 6, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Labor Storms the Golden Arches By Matthew Vadum Urged on by a failing left-wing president, labor unions are laying siege to America’s fast food restaurants in a desperate bid to stay relevant in the twenty-first century. They say they want to double the national minimum wage, raising it to $15 an hour, in the misguided pursuit of improving the lot of low-wage employees. As the Washington Free Beacon notes, President Obama called for a $9 an hour national minimum wage in his State of the Union address earlier this … Continue reading Labor Storms the Golden Arches

My article from the Dec. 5, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Obama’s Pointless Dog and Pony Show By Matthew Vadum As the flaws inherent in Obamacare become increasingly difficult for even the most news-averse Americans to ignore, President Obama is embarking on a probably futile crusade to sell the public on his signature legislative monstrosity. Obama seems destined to get an even less enthusiastic reception from the public than George W. Bush received during the 43rd president’s ill-fated and largely forgotten 2005 crusade to reform Social Security. Although Obama announced he is embarking on a three-week tour to convince Americans … Continue reading Obama’s Pointless Dog and Pony Show

My article from the Nov. 29, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Obama’s New Imperial Decree By Matthew Vadum For purely partisan reasons, the Obama administration cynically unveiled extra-legal plans on the eve of Thanksgiving to unilaterally delay the launch of a website for small businesses to select plans through federal health care insurance exchanges. It’s just the latest sleazy political move by the Community-Organizer-in-Chief to salvage his party’s fading electoral prospects by delaying at least some of the approaching tens of millions of health insurance policy cancellations until after the national vote next November. It is also a sign of … Continue reading Obama’s New Imperial Decree

My article from the Nov. 25, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: ACORN Wannabes May Get $4 Billion By Matthew Vadum Radical in-your-face pressure groups that are part of President Obama’s political machine may soon reap a $4 billion windfall thanks to a huge cash settlement the administration extracted from lending giant JPMorgan. The settlement, which weighs in at a total of $13 billion, was unveiled last week by the Justice Department. In it JPMorgan acknowledged what DoJ called “serious misrepresentations to the public” about the mortgage securities transactions. The $4 billion is supposed to be used to provide relief to underwater homeowners and … Continue reading ACORN Wannabes May Get $4 Billion

My article from today’s FrontPage Magazine: The Emperor’s New Rules By Matthew Vadum Stung by public anger and his rapidly plunging approval ratings, President Obama wants to delay the cancellation of existing health care insurance policies for one year. It has nothing to do with the public interest. It has everything to do with crass political calculations. As an electoral tsunami gradually develops that threatens to drown Democrats and give Republicans a healthy majority in the Senate, Democrats remain focused. They are clinging to the increasingly unlikely prospect of recapturing the House of Representatives in next year’s elections, a move … Continue reading The Emperor’s New Rules

My article from today’s FrontPage Magazine: Purging and Transforming Our Military By Matthew Vadum President Obama hasn’t just been hollowing out the military since taking office, he’s been gutting it, purging it of ideologically hostile personnel, and fundamentally transforming it into something other than a war-fighting force, military experts say. Although few with military ties are willing to say it openly, it seems the administration is leading an orchestrated effort to seriously undermine the readiness of the military. Some reports indicate that Obama has purged 197 senior military officers since moving into the White House and that many of the … Continue reading Purging and Transforming Our Military