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Exploiting Tragedy

Matthew Vadum

My article from the Sept. 17, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Exploiting Tragedy By Matthew Vadum After a gunman calmly murdered 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard yesterday, the Left began trying to exploit the Navy employees’ deaths to advance its never-ending campaign to disarm law-abiding citizens. The FBI identified the shooter, who was killed in a gun battle with police, as Aaron Alexis, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas. A civilian military contractor who was reportedly a practicing Buddhist at one time, Alexis received a general discharge from the Navy Reserve in 2011 after a shooting incident in his home. … Continue reading Exploiting Tragedy

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Medicare May Be Obama’s ‘Waterloo’

Matthew Vadum

My article from the August 16, 2012, issue of Front Page Magazine: Medicare May Be Obama’s ‘Waterloo’ By Matthew Vadum In the Battle of Waterloo a resolute leader defeated a dangerous, imperious tyrant. The metaphor lives on today in American politics. During congressional hostilities over Obamacare Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) famously urged Republicans to push hard “to stop” President Obama’s signature legislation because killing the bill would “break him.”  It would be Obama’s “Waterloo.” It would “show that we can, along with the American people, begin to push those freedom solutions that work in every area of our society.” After … Continue reading Medicare May Be Obama’s ‘Waterloo’