My column in today’s American Thinker: You Subsidize Leftist Anarchy By Matthew Vadum You have been subsidizing the efforts of radical left-wing community organizers for years, and you probably didn’t even know it. Fifty years ago as Barack Hussein Obama inhaled the values of his communist parents, grandparents, and mentors, their comrades were drafting plans to destroy American civil society. Armed with your parents’ and grandparents’ tax dollars, America-hating extremists Richard Cloward, Frances Fox Piven, and Saul Alinsky were hard at work in the 1960s laying the foundation to wreak havoc on America and its people in an effort to force … Continue reading You Subsidize Leftist Anarchy

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: Ukraine Bleeding By Matthew Vadum Parts of the Ukrainian capital were on fire last night as protesters battled security forces of that nation’s repressive government — months after it announced Ukraine would align itself with Russia instead of the European Union. After a late-night pow-wow with opposition figures Vitaly Klitschko and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych blamed the violent episodes on opposition leaders, but added that it was still “not too late to stop the conflict.” Activists took over City Hall in Kiev yesterday and anti-riot police moved into Independence Square. BBC reports that at … Continue reading Ukraine Bleeding

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: Showdown in Caracas By Matthew Vadum In a move that almost guarantees violent clashes, Venezuela’s increasingly nervous Marxist caudillo is calling for his supporters to take to the streets Tuesday to combat a large planned march by that oil-rich nation’s opposition. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is asking his allies, including state employees, to demonstrate in force against Leopoldo Lopez, leader of the opposition party, Popular Will (Voluntad Popular). Lopez, who has been accused by Maduro of inciting violence, asked Venezuelans to dress in white and march alongside him, daring authorities to arrest him. Opposition Governor Henrique … Continue reading Showdown in Caracas

My article in today’s FrontPage Magazine:  Republican Leaders Fight Back Against IRS Power Grab By Matthew Vadum Republicans are fighting back against proposed new IRS rules that they say would make formal the tax agency’s infamous crackdown on Tea Party groups that oppose the Obama agenda, stripping them of their free speech rights during election cycles. “Every American needs to know about this abuse of power,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) said in a recent speech on the Senate floor. “Let me be clear: What the administration is proposing poses a grave threat to the ability of ordinary Americans … Continue reading Republican Leaders Fight Back Against IRS Power Grab

I was on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” last night discussing national political organizations getting involved in local political fights. For some reason I was labeled a “political insider” on the chyron (see above screen grab), which is definitely not a label I would self-apply. Here is the video clip from yesterday: The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook My appearance was written up by The Week, Huffington Post, and CNN. This was my second appearance on “The Daily Show.” I was previously on the show on Oct. 30, 2008. Continue reading Matthew Vadum on The Daily Show last night

My article from today’s FrontPage Magazine: ObamaCare’s Economic Destruction Exposed By Matthew Vadum A new government study projects that Obamacare will kill 2 million full-time American jobs in 2017, confirming the approaching economic devastation about which the budget-busting program’s critics have warned for years. The study came as Obama administration allies unveiled plans to saturate the airwaves with animal videos in a bid to dupe young women into signing up for the failing government program. As the government report shows, contrary to the promises of President Obama, the Obamacare law will boot people out of their health care plans, encourage … Continue reading ObamaCare’s Economic Destruction Exposed

My article from the Jan. 23, 2014 FrontPage Magazine: Al Qaeda In Jerusalem By Matthew Vadum Israeli security forces have shut down a massive al-Qaeda plot coordinated by terrorist mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri that involved attacking the Jerusalem Convention Center and the American embassy in the diplomatic center of Tel Aviv. This is believed to be the first time that al-Qaeda chief al-Zawahiri has gotten personally involved in engineering strikes within Israel. The foiled plot is a sobering reminder that al-Qaeda has been experiencing a comeback in the Obama era. Weeks before the November 2012 election Obama bragged, “al-Qaeda is on the path … Continue reading Al Qaeda In Jerusalem

My article in today’s FrontPage Magazine: Putin’s Showdown With Terror By Matthew Vadum Russian President Vladimir Putin is augmenting security for the upcoming Winter Olympics in southern Russia in the hope of preventing possible Islamic terrorist attacks at the international sporting event. Putin tried to reassure Russian media that visitors will be safe at the Olympics that will take place from Feb. 6 through Feb. 23 in Sochi in the Caucusus mountains in the region of Krasnodar Krai on the Black Sea, not too far from Russia’s land border with Georgia. Islamists have already threatened to attack the games and … Continue reading Putin’s Showdown With Terror

My article from the Jan. 10, 2014 issue of FrontPage Magazine: The War on Poverty’s Biggest Casualties By Matthew Vadum Fifty years after liberals launched their sacrosanct “War on Poverty,” Americans, and black Americans in particular, aren’t better off. But neo-Marxist ideologue that he is, President Obama is determined to double-down on leftist failure, widening the so-called war by calling for the biggest welfare spending increases in American history— amounting to more than $10 trillion over a decade, according to the Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector. This War on Poverty that Obama wants to escalate came on the heels of the … Continue reading The War on Poverty’s Biggest Casualties