My article from the Jan. 18, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Algeria in Jihadi Flames By Matthew Vadum Emboldened by America’s projection of weakness abroad, Islamists apparently linked to al-Qaeda reportedly continue to hold about 40 foreign hostages including seven Americans seized Wednesday at a natural gas field in Algeria. At press time, conflicting media reports had been emerging from the region. Some claimed that the hostages have been freed; others, that several hostages have been killed. The mass kidnapping at a BP (formerly British Petroleum) gas site near the Libyan border, which may very well have been accomplished with … Continue reading Algeria in Jihadi Flames

From the Jan. 14, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Oliver Stone’s Distortion of the Eisenhower Era By Matthew Vadum Editor’s note: The following is the fifth installment of a series of articles Frontpage is running in response to Oliver Stone’s neo-Communist documentary series, “The Untold History of the United States.” Frontpage will be reviewing each episode of the Stone series, exposing the leftist hateful lies about America and setting the record straight. Below is a review of Part 5 of the series. President Dwight D. Eisenhower is responsible for transforming America into the imperialist global bully it supposedly is today, … Continue reading Oliver Stone’s Distortion of the Eisenhower Era

From the Jan. 10, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Gun Confiscation By Presidential Decree? By Matthew Vadum President Obama may soon act unilaterally to curtail Americans’ right to keep and bear arms and impose a new national firearms policy without congressional approval. Spurred on by the Newtown, Connecticut schoolhouse massacre last month that took 26 lives, Obama could restrict, perhaps even abolish, private gun ownership with the stroke of his auto-pen. Second Amendment backers are justifiably angry after Vice President Joe Biden spoke yesterday about ways to curb violent gun-related crime. He suggested that the president may take swift, decisive … Continue reading Gun Confiscation By Presidential Decree?

From the Jan. 8, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Off With a Bang: Assault on Second Amendment Begins By Matthew Vadum President Obama is planning an aggressive, in-your-face, blitzkrieg-style campaign against Americans’ fundamental Second Amendment right to self-defense. After a madman murdered 26 people including 20 young schoolchildren last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Obama initially urged a reinstatement of the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban. The demonstrably useless law lapsed in 2004 and had no detectable impact on crime. It was designed to cater to big-city liberals and their irrational fear of firearms. But the … Continue reading Off With a Bang: Assault on Second Amendment Begins

From the Jan. 2, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Fiscal Cliff Showdown Postponed to March By Matthew Vadum With a cocky President Obama no doubt grinning from ear-to-ear, federal lawmakers yesterday gave their blessing to legislation that boosts income tax rates and government spending while kicking many of the “fiscal cliff” issues down the road for several weeks. The $1.2 trillion in scheduled spending cuts –falling largely on the Pentagon– have now been officially postponed for two months. The next manufactured crisis comes March 1, the day the cuts will take effect unless Congress intervenes again to stop them. Putting … Continue reading Fiscal Cliff Showdown Postponed to March

From the Dec. 31, 2012 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Grab Your Parachute By Matthew Vadum Thanks largely to President Obama’s intransigence, America is poised to fall over the potentially treacherous “fiscal cliff” tomorrow. Top policymakers in Washington appear no closer to reaching a deal than before they left town for the Christmas break. The outgoing 112th Congress is meeting in a high-stakes lame duck session to decide whether Bush-era tax rates should be extended and if $1.2 trillion in scheduled spending cuts –falling largely on the Pentagon– will be avoided. If current tax rates are not renewed, the already fragile … Continue reading Grab Your Parachute

From the Dec. 26, 2012 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Going Over the Cliff By Matthew Vadum Unless a political miracle happens, America is going over the so-called fiscal cliff next week, possibly plunging the nation into a fresh economic recession. With the abrupt withdrawal from consideration last week of House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” alternative fiscal plan, there is no reason to believe a political deal preserving current income tax rates and averting significant spending cuts will be reached before January 1. There simply isn’t enough time left before current tax rates expire and the political will to act … Continue reading Going Over the Cliff

I’ll be on “Hair on Fire” (hosted by blogger Barbara Espinosa) tonight at 6:05 Eastern (which is 4:05 Arizona time). We’ll be talking about my article, Pushing Obama Over the Fiscal Cliff. Listen live here. Continue reading Radio interview tonight 6:05 Eastern (4:05 Arizona time)