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On the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on June 10, 2010, Matthew Vadum talked about his article, ACORN employees tell FBI of deliberate election fraud, according to new documents, that appears in today's Daily Caller.

On the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on April 29, 2010, Brandon Darby and Matthew Vadum talked about the radical left.

Vadum profiled Darby in “Radical Awakening: From America Hater to Hero.” The article appears in the April 2010 issue of Townhall magazine and was posted at BigGovernment with Townhall’s kind permission.

On the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on March 23, 2010, Matthew Vadum talked about how ACORN plans to reinvent itself.

On the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on February 23, 2010, Matthew Vadum talked ACORN's rebranding hoax-in-progress.

On the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on Dec. 10, 2009, Matthew Vadum talked about how Congress and Citigroup appear poised to begin funding ACORN again.

Vadum wrote about the topic in the American Spectator.

Matthew Vadum talked about CCHD and ACORN on the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on Nov. 19, 2009.

Vadum's op-ed on CCHD (Catholic Campaign for Human Development) appears in the Nov. 19 edition of the Washington Times.

Ralph McCloud, director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), offered a defense of the radical charity he works for. He provided the commentary at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Fall General Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 18, 2009, regarding CCHD.

(This recording was made by placing a recorder in front of speakers while the speech was broadcast over the Internet. Please excuse any imperfections.)

Bishop Roger P. Morin, chairman of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) Subcommittee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), gave a statement on Nov. 17, 2009, regarding CCHD. Morin made the statement at the USCCB's Fall General Assembly in Baltimore.

Morin lashed out at critics and reaffirmed support for CCHD. He also discussed ACORN whose funding CCHD cut off last year.

(This recording was made by placing a recorder in front of speakers while the speech was broadcast over the Internet. Please excuse any imperfections.)

Melanie Morgan and John McCaslin interviewed Matthew Vadum on "America's Morning News, which is the radio program of the Washington Times newspaper, on Nov. 16, 2009 regarding ACORN.

Specifically, he discussed two recent articles (here and here) of his published in the American Spectator.

Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum and New Zeal blogger Trevor Loudon appeared on the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on Oct. 26, 2009 to discuss the left in America.

Loudon discussed Communist infiltration of the U.S. labor movement and Barack Obama's radical background. Vadum discussed ACORN, Rep. Jerrold Nadler's (D-N.Y.) ties to it, and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).

Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum appeared on the Rick Roberts Show (San Diego) on Oct. 23, 2009 to discuss the latest on ACORN. They also discussed the George Soros-backed smear factory Media Matters for America which is leading the left's push to defend ACORN at all costs.

Note: Vadum misspoke in the interview. The periodical published by ACORN affiliate American Institute for Social Justice is called Social Policy, not Monthly Review which is a similar Marxist publication published elsewhere. 

Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum appeared on the G. Gordon Liddy Show on Oct. 1, 2009, to discuss the latest on ACORN.

ACORN’s lawyer warned ACORN 15 months ago to begin fixing its massive internal problems or face certain catastrophe. It chose to do nothing.

The advice from Elizabeth Kingsley of Harmon, Curran, Spielberg Eisenberg LLP came in the form of an eerily prophetic legal memo to ACORN dated June 19, 2008, the day before ACORN’s national board fired disgraced founder Wade Rathke.

In a worldwide exclusive, Vadum published the memo at BigGovernment.com and gave his first media interview about it to G. Gordon Liddy.

Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum appeared on the Laura Ingraham Show on Sept. 29, 2009, to discuss Patrick Gaspard, one of ACORN's men in the White House.

Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum appeared on the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on Sept. 16, 2009 to discuss the startling turnaround in ACORN's fortunes.

Mark Levin read on air an article by Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum on the Sept. 10, 2009, edition of “The Mark Levin Show.” 

The relevant segment starts at about the two-thirds mark on the recording.

Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum appeared on the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on Sept. 3, 2009 to discuss President Obama's plan to turn the upcoming Sept. 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance into a day of leftist propaganda.

They discussed Vadum's article, "Obama's Plan To Desecrate 9/11," which ran in the American Spectator.

Alan Colmes interviewed Matthew Vadum on the Alan Colmes Show on August 25, 2009.

They discussed Vadum's article, "Obama's Plan To Desecrate 9/11," which ran in the American Spectator the day before.

Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum appeared on the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on August 24, 2009 to discuss President Obama's plan to turn the upcoming Sept. 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance into a day of leftist propaganda.

They discussed Vadum's article, "Obama's Plan To Desecrate 9/11," which ran in the American Spectator.

Joseph Farah was filling in as host for Liddy.

Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum appeared on the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" to provide an update on what's going on with the radical group ACORN.

The two segments featuring Vadum run from 16:36 to 23:25 and then from 49:51 to 53:45.

On July 16, 2009, Roger Aronoff and Don Irvine interviewed Matthew Vadum on "Take AIM," which is the new BlogTalkRadio program of Accuracy in Media (AIM), a media watchdog group.

Vadum discussed the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor and the radical group ACORN. The segment runs from 30:40 to the end of the show.

National Review's John Derbyshire cited Capital Research Center in his July 10 "Radio Derb" podcast in a segment about ACORN and how it contributed to the election of Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota).

The relevant segment runs from 27:53 to 29:22.

Melanie Morgan and John McCaslin interviewed Matthew Vadum on "America's Morning News, which is the new radio program of the Washington Times newspaper, on July 6, 2009 regarding a blog post he wrote, Do Census Layoffs Clear the Way for Hiring of ACORN Workers? (crossposted at CRC Blog).

G. Gordon Liddy had a fascinating discussion on the "G. Gordon Liddy Show" on July 3, 2009 with Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of BOND (Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny). They discussed how the left uses race as an issue to augment its power regardless of the harm that so doing causes to the black community.

The relevant segment runs from 29:20 to 41:12.

Mike McConnell interviewed Matthew Vadum on the "Mike McConnell Show" on July 2, 2009. They discussed ACORN's involvement in the housing market collapse that has plunged the economy into a deep recession. The segment runs from 1:15 to 16:42.

On the June 29, 2009 edition of “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum about House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers's (D-Michigan) strange statement that "the powers that be" forced him to drop his probe of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).

NOTE: The audio file isn't working. We are trying to fix the problem.

Rush Limbaugh referenced a blog post written by Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum on the June 18, 2009, edition of “The Rush Limbaugh Show.” He read on-air from Vadum's blog post at the American Spectator website (crossposted at CRC's blog here) regarding ACORN's previous abuse of AmeriCorps resources that was investigated by Congress. AmeriCorps has been in the news because Inspector General Gerald Walpin was fired by President Obama under suspicious circumstances.

The relevant segment runs from 12:33 to 15:42.

Here is the Dittocam view of Limbaugh reading the article:

Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum crossed swords with host Thom Hartmann on the Thom Hartmann Program on June 11, 2009.

They had a vigorous discussion of Vadum's blog post (crossposted with a different headline at the American Spectator) in which he argued that the left was using the June 10 shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Museum to score cheap political points.

Hartmann posted a video version (ThomCam?) online. Here it is:

On the May 21, 2009 edition of “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum about ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Specifically, they discussed Vadum's article in the American Spectator titled "Barney Frank Lies About ACORN."

The segment begins at the 46:45 mark.

Matthew Vadum was interviewed by Mike Rosen on the “Mike Rosen Show,” 
KOA AM 850, Denver, Colo., May 19, 2009, about his article, "New York Times Finally Admits It Spiked Obama/ACORN Corruption Story," which ran in the American Spectator and on the NewsBusters website.

Matthew Vadum was interviewed on the "Frank Beckmann Show," News/Talk 760 AM- WJR Detroit, on May 13, 2009 about Social Security and specifically about The Looming Liberal-Caused Social Security Disaster, his blog post at the American Spectator website.

On “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum and ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief for a full hour regarding the latest developments with ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).

On “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum on April 17, 2009. They discussed Vadum's article "Thoughtcrime Redux," which ran in the American Spectator on April 15. Vadum's segment begins at 00:00 and runs to 23:33.

On “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum on Good Friday (April 10), 2009. They discussed the easing of FAS 157, the so-called mark-to-market accounting rule that makes solvent banks seem insolvent. They also discussed the Obama administration's reckless economic policy. Vadum's segment begins at 1:00 and runs to 23:51. 

On “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum on March 31, 2009. They discussed the ACORN-like Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) and the government-ordered dismissal of GM CEO Rick Wagoner so-called Fairness Doctrine, the stimulus legislation, and ACORN. Vadum's segment begins at 36:42.

NACA was profiled by David Hogberg in the April 2009 issue of Organization Trends.

Liberal lawmakers in Congress need to be held to account. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates this public service announcement.

Bailing out Bank of America, which funds ACORN, is a terrible idea. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates this public service announcement.

The War Room with Quinn and Rose read Director of Green Watch Eric Heidenreich's recent article in the American Spectator.  The article is titled "It's Not About The Money."  The article published on March 23 and the radio episode is from March 25.

The so-called Fairness Doctrine has nothing to do with fairness: It's about silencing conservative talk radio hosts. The January 2009 issue of Foundation Watch examined the battle over the Fairness Doctrine. CRC's Jana Erwin narrates this public service announcement.

Hilda Solis, President Obama's nominee to be secretary of Labor, may gut offices at the Department of Labor that investigate labor unions and keep them honest. The current (February 2009) issue of Labor Watch profiles Solis.

Sally Pipes, president of the Pacific Research Institute, explained on the “Mark Levin Show” on February 24, 2009 why government health care has been a disaster everywhere it’s been tried and would be a catastrophe for the United States.

On “Talk Back with Chuck Wilder,” Chuck Wilder interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum on February 23, 2009. They discussed ACORN, the so-called Fairness Doctrine, and Hilda Solis.

Mark Levin referenced an article by Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum on the February 16, 2009, edition of “The Mark Levin Show.” He discussed a passage about the so-called Fairness Doctrine in Vadum's profile of ACORN (Foundation Watch, November 2008). The relevant segment runs from about the 15:00 mark to 16:03.

On “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum on February 6, 2009. They discussed the so-called Fairness Doctrine, the stimulus legislation, and ACORN. Vadum's segment begins at 21:20.

On “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum on December 24, 2008. They discussed what will happen in politics and the economy (particularly with respect to government bailouts) in the new year.

On “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum on December 19, 2008. They discussed George Soros's Democracy Alliance, the Clinton Foundation, and the Bernard Madoff hedge fund fraud scandal.

Co-hosts Eric Heidenreich and Matthew Vadum talk about this month's Foundation Watch, which examines the funding and activities of the George Soros funded Democracy Alliance.  Co-author James Dellinger joins Eric and Matthew to discuss the Democracy Alliance's role in the recent election and its plans going forward.

Mark Levin referenced an article by Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum on the November 25, 2008, edition of “The Mark Levin Show.” He discussed Vadum's article, "Liberalism Never Sleeps," which appeared that day in the American Spectator. The article was about Citigroup and its financial contributions to left-wing groups such as ACORN. The relevant segment runs from the beginning to about the 1:30 mark.

Matthew Vadum was interviewed by Mike Green on “Politics of Money,”  KCEO AM 1000, Carlsbad, Calif., November 11, 2008, about ACORN and the Coleman versus Franken vote-counting battle being presided over by ACORN ally Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. Vadum's segment runs from 12:14 to 25:30.

On the October 28 edition of "Organization Watch," Matthew Vadum and Eric Heidenreich discuss CRC's massive expose on ACORN.  Matthew, along with CRC's Labor Watch editor Jeremy Lott, authored a double-feature that exposes ACORN for what it really is: A tax-delinquent, radically socialist organization.  You can find the ACORN articles on the 'Publications' section of our website.

On “The Roger Hedgecock Show” (San Diego, Calif.) Roger Hedgecock interviewed Matthew Vadum on October 29, 2008. They discussed ACORN and its millions of dollars in unpaid taxes. (See Foundation Watch, November 2008, and "Lien on Me" in the American Spectator.) On the MP3 file Vadum's segment runs from 18:45 to 31:45.

On “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum on October 28, 2008. They discussed far-left community activist group ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) and Capital Research Center’s recent discovery that ACORN is a major league tax deadbeat with $3 million-plus in federal, state, and tax liens against it and its affiliates. Vadum's segment on the show runs from 38:05 to 52:45.

On "The G. Gordon Liddy Show," G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Capital Research Center's Matthew Vadum and Jeremy Lott on October 20, 2008. They discussed far-left community activist group ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Both Vadum and Liddy have articles on ACORN that will be published soon on www.capitalresearch.org.

Fausta Wertz interviewed Matthew Vadum on "Fausta's Blog Talk Radio Show," a live podcast, on October 1, 2008, regarding the crisis on Wall Street and the "Financial Affirmative Action" that contributed to it.

On "The G. Gordon Liddy Show" G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Matthew Vadum on September 29, 2008. They discuss the crisis on Wall Street and how liberal community activist groups such as ACORN, the Greenlining Institute, and National Council of La Raza contributed to the market meltdown. They also discussed Vadum's article, "Financial Affirmative Action," published the same day in the American Spectator.

Unions, infamous for corruption and intimidation, want to take away a worker's fundamental right to cast a secret ballot when deciding whether to join a union. CRC's Jeremy Lott, the new editor of Labor Watch, narrates.

Commentary about hateful liberal bloggers and the mainstream media's growing reliance on them. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates. Matthew Sheffield and Noel Sheppard (of NewsBusters fame) wrote about liberal bloggers and related topics in "Inside the Disinformation Machine: A Look at the Left’s New Media Operation." (Foundation Watch, September 2008)

On the September 23, 2008, edition of our show, “Organization Watch,” James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed the new editor of Labor Watch, Jeremy Lott. We talked about Lott's books, The Warm Bucket Brigade and In Defense of Hypocrisy, former banker Henry Paulson's proposed bank bailout, and about organized labor's attempt to mess with union-certification rules.

(Note that this was our first use of the BlogTalkRadio network so we did experience some minor technical difficulties.)

Commentary about environmentalists' evolving strategy to prevent offshore oil drilling in the United States. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates. Danny Smith wrote about the topic in "Do We Have the Will to Drill? Environmentalists’ New Strategy to Kill Energy Exploration." (Organization Trends, September 2008)

Commentary about the extreme left-wing group, ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates. Vadum wrote about community organizing in a CRC blog post and co-wrote "Barack Obama: A Radical Leftist’s Journey from Community Organizing to Politics." (Foundation Watch, June 2008)

On the August 26, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show “Organization Watch,” James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed National Review Online's David Freddoso about his New York Times bestselling book, The Case Against Barack Obama. In the book he cites the work of Capital Research Center, specifically our June 2008 Foundation Watch article, "Barack Obama: A Radical Leftist's Journey from Community Organizing to Politics."

Commentary about how global warming fabulist Al Gore is getting rich by working with the same huge corporations that his fellow liberals hate. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates. Gore's moneymaking schemes are examined in the current Foundation Watch.

Brad Davis interviewed Matthew Vadum on “The Brad Davis Show,” WDRC AM 1360, Hartford, Conn., on August 19, 2008, regarding Al Gore and his global warming-related investments. Discussion centered on “Al Gore’s Carbon Empire: Cashing in on Climate Change,” by Fred Lucas, which appeared in the August 2008 Foundation Watch.

On “The Roger Hedgecock Show” (San Diego, Calif.) Roger Hedgecock interviewed Fred Lucas on August 13, 2008. They discussed Al Gore’s financial stake in the global warming industry. Lucas wrote “Al Gore’s Carbon Empire: Cashing in on Climate Change,” which appeared in the August 2008 Foundation Watch. The MP3 file covers about one full hour of the show, but Lucas’s segment runs from 0:05 to 4:40. 

Commentary on the Greenlining Institute, which was profiled in the current Organization Trends. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates.

On the July 29, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show “Organization Watch,” James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed Human Events political editor John Gizzi about the growing menace of groups like California’s Greenlining Institute. Greenlining is a left-wing pressure group that threatens adverse public relations campaigns against lenders that refuse to bow to its agenda that demands affirmative action in lending. Gizzi wrote about the group’s latest shakedown in the July 2008 Foundation Watch. His profile of the Greenlining Institute itself appears in the August 2008 Organization Trends.

On “The Roger Hedgecock Show” (San Diego, Calif.) Roger Hedgecock interviewed John Gizzi on July 16, 2008. They discussed California’s AB 624, a bill that would have forced foundations to publicly disclose the race, gender and ethnicity of their board trustees and the boards and staff of their grantees. The bill was withdrawn at the eleventh hour after California’s largest foundations promised to lavish millions of dollars on minority communities. The bill was pushed by the Greenlining Institute, a left-wing pressure group that threatens adverse public relations campaigns against lenders that refuse to bow to its agenda. Gizzi wrote about the bill in the July Foundation Watch and his article on the Greenlining Institute later appeared in the August Organization Trends. The MP3 file covers about one full hour of the show, but Gizzi’s segment runs from 17:20 to 34:25.

Commentary on Barack Obama and his relationship with his close friend William Ayers, the unrepentant terrorist who bombed the Pentagon and other U.S. landmarks. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates.

Commentary on how environmentalists fight against oil exploration. CRC's James Dellinger narrates.

On the July 1, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show "Organization Watch," James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Iain Murray about his new book, The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You to Know About--Because They Helped Cause Them, and Joseph A. D’Agostino about his profile of the liberal Campaign for America’s Future (Organization Trends, July 2008).

Rush Limbaugh referenced a Capital Research Center report on the June 30, 2008, edition of “The Rush Limbaugh Show.” He discussed the Center for Constitutional Rights which is suing private U.S. contractors in connection with the Abu Ghraib prison controversy. Our report on the Center for Constitutional Rights, “The Terrorists’ Legal Team: Case by Case, the Center for Constitutional Rights Undermines America,” appeared in the September 2006 Organization Trends. The relevant segment runs from 18:30 to 21:18.

On the June 3, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show "Organization Watch," James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed author Timothy P. Carney about USCAP, a coalition of big businesses and left-wing nonprofits that hopes to profit from saddling U.S. industry with economically devastating carbon emissions controls. Our second guest was Kevin Mooney, a reporter with CNSNews.com, who discussed current political news and what's going on in Congress.

On "The G. Gordon Liddy Show" G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Matthew Vadum on May 14, 2008. They discussed George Soros and his new book, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means, and the May 13 USA Today profile of Soros called "Soros sees 'reflexivity' theory of economics as life's work," by David J. Lynch. The MP3 file covers about one full hour of the show, but Vadum’s segment runs from 46:00 to 53:30.

Matthew Vadum moderated a Federalist Society panel discussion, "Charity: Whether and, if so, How Our Tax Laws Affect Charitable Activities, Religious Institutions, and Free Speech," at the Federalist Society conference "Our Nation's Founding Principles and Our Tax Code - Consistent or In Conflict?" at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., May 7, 2008. 

This is an audio file. A video file, along with more information on the panel and the panelists is available at the Federalist Society website's archival page for the event.

(The CRC website is not yet video-friendly. We're working on it. -Webmaster)

On the May 6, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show "Organization Watch," James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed Brandon Millett, president of the GI Film Festival and documentary film maker David B. Smith. Smith's film, The Undefeated: Why We Fight, will be shown at the GI Film Festival which runs from May 14 through May 18 this year in Washington, D.C.

CRC's James Dellinger discusses the rarely mentioned expensive household costs of global warming policies that are being debated at the state level and federal level and who some of the players are and who funds them, with Janesville, WI AM 1230 WCLO's "Stan Milam Show" on May 5th 2008.

Commentary on the release of Clinton White House documents and on the Clinton Foundation's reluctance to disclose the names of its donors who might be expecting favors from the Clintons should Hillary become president. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates.

Commentary on the mission of Capital Research Center, which was founded in 1984. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates.

Commentary regarding the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC), which devises tactics for labor unions seeking to block ballot initiatives. CRC’s James Dellinger narrates the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement. Dellinger and Karl Crow wrote about BISC in the April 2008 issue of Labor Watch.

Matthew Vadum was interviewed by Mike Green on “Politics of Money,”  KCEO AM 1000, Carlsbad, Calif., April 9, 2008, regarding George Soros, the Democracy Alliance, and Al Gore.

On the April 8, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show "Organization Watch," James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed New York Times bestselling author and global warming debunker Christopher C. Horner, and Paul Chesser of Climate Strategies Watch. They discussed the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS), a supposedly objective nonpolitical group which persuades governors to appoint “study commissions” on global warming, then steers the policy process, rigging commission proceedings to produce a predetermined, Big Government result. Horner, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism (Regnery, 2007), is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Chesser is an investigative reporter who uncovered CCS's modus operandi. Horner's article, "The Center for Climate Strategies: How Governors Keep State Legislators Out of the Loop," appeared in the April 2008 issue of Organization Trends.

Michael Reagan interviewed Matthew Vadum on April 1, 2008. They discussed the William J. Clinton Foundation, Al Gore’s global warming business interests, and George Soros’s Democracy Alliance. The MP3 file covers about one full hour of the show, but Vadum’s segment runs from 28:30 to 51:50.

Fausta Wertz and Siggy interviewed Matthew Vadum on "Fausta's Blog Talk Radio Show," a live podcast, on March 25, 2008, regarding Hugo Chavez.

Commentary regarding former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's ethical shortcomings in the world of philanthropy. CRC’s Matthew Vadum narrates the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement.

Dan Lovallo interviewed Matthew Vadum on “The Brad Davis Show,” WDRC AM 1360, Hartford, Conn., on March 14, 2008, regarding Eliot Spitzer.

On the March 11, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show "Organization Watch," James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed political and cultural commentator Rondi Adamson and Phil Brand, Director of Capital Research Center’s EducationWatch project. In the March 2008 Foundation Watch, Adamson wrote about the collaborative effort by George Soros’s Open Society Institute and Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute to finance left-wing movie-making. In the February 2008 Organization Trends, Brand wrote about the ongoing battles between education reformers and teacher unions.

G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Matthew Vadum on March 6, 2008. They discussed the saber-rattling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his many friends on the American left. They discussed: Ted Kennedy’s nephew, Joe Kennedy of nonprofit Citizens Energy Corporation, and the fact that Joe, a former congressman, is a shill for Chavez, who controls Venezuela’s big oil company, CITGO; American actor-director Danny Glover who accepted $20 million from the Venezuelan government to make movies; and Chavez’s complicity with Colombian terrorist group FARC which wants to buy uranium, possibly to build a radioactive dirty bomb.
 

For more information on the topics discussed, read “The American Friends of Hugo Chavez: Dial 1-800-4-TYRANT,” by Ana Maria Ortiz and Matthew Vadum, which appears in the March 2008 issue of Organization Trends.

Commentary regarding America’s leftists, who are head-over-heels in love with Venezuela’s belligerent strongman, Hugo Chavez, an enabler of international terrorism. Useful idiot Joe Kennedy of nonprofit Citizens Energy Corporation has become Chavez’s principal spokesman as he hawks CITGO’s discounted home heating oil to the shivering masses of America. CITGO, of course, is owned by the Venezuelan government and controlled by Chavez, who replaced its CEO with one of his own army generals.

CRC’s Matthew Vadum narrates the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement. The article, “The American Friends of Hugo Chavez: Dial 1-800-4-TYRANT,” by Ana Maria Ortiz and Matthew Vadum, appears in the March 2008 issue of Organization Trends.

Commentary regarding the collaborative effort by George Soros’s Open Society Institute and Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute to finance left-wing movie-making. CRC’s Matthew Vadum narrates the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement. The article, “George Soros, Movie Mogul: ‘Social Justice’ Cinema and the Sundance Institute,” by Rondi Adamson, appears in the March 2008 issue of Foundation Watch.

On the February 20, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show “Leave Us Alone,”  Brian M. Johnson interviewed Ivan Osorio about his upcoming Labor Watch article about the Hollywood writers’ strike. Johnson is director of policy for the Alliance for Worker Freedom. Osorio is editorial director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. (Osorio’s segment begins at about the two-thirds mark in the MP3 file.)

On the February 12, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show "Organization Watch," James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed political pundit Rachel Marsden about current affairs and her new startup, GrandCentralPolitical.com, a political and media career website. Also on the show was Nathan Tabor, author of The Beast on the East River: The UN Threat to America's Sovereignty and Security. Tabor also founded a North Carolina-based nonprofit, the Faith, Family, Freedom Alliance (FFFA).

Commentary regarding the William J. Clinton Foundation and its many apparent conflicts of interest. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement. The foundation was profiled in Foundation Watch.

G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Matthew Vadum at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 7, 2008.

Gregg Knapp interviewed Matthew Vadum at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 7, 2008.

Commentary regarding the latest antics of labor unions and lawmakers that are trying to reduce funding for an important labor watchdog agency. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement.

G. Gordon Liddy discussed the latest news and activities of the Democracy Alliance with CRC's Matthew Vadum on the January 22, 2008, edition of "The G. Gordon Liddy Show." The group was profiled in the January 2008 issue of Foundation Watch.

On the January 15, 2008, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show "Organization Watch," James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed Deborah Corey Barnes about her profile of the William J. Clinton Foundation and its many apparent conflicts of interest. The article appears in the February edition of Foundation Watch. Also on the show, Karl Crow discussed his article on liberal groups that are trying to undermine U.S. drug patent protections. Crow's article appears in the January edition of Organization Trends.

Commentary regarding the Democracy Alliance, a loose-knit group that is creating a permanent political infrastructure of nonprofits, think tanks, media outlets, leadership schools, and activist groups—a kind of “vast left-wing conspiracy” to compete with the conservative movement. Major players in the Democracy Alliance, whose day-to-day operations are run by Hillary Clinton's close personal friend, Kelly Craighead, include billionaire philanthropists George Soros and Peter B. Lewis. CRC's James Dellinger narrates the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement. The group was profiled by Dellinger and Matthew Vadum in the January 2008 issue of Foundation Watch.

Commentary regarding the National Council of La Raza. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement.

On the November 20, 2007, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show "Organization Watch," James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed Jill Lacey, editor of Capital Research Center's Compassion and Culture newsletter, about good charities and CRC's Phil Brand about education reform.

Commentary regarding the Cambodian Hope Organization (CHO). Hope for some comes from the recently begun Khmer Rouge trials. But the CHO organization offers real hope for healing Cambodia. CRC's Jill Lacey narrates the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement.

Commentary on Christmastime giving. How to be a thoughtful donor. CRC's Jill Lacey narrates on the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement.

The search engine giant Google Inc. wants to give away $1 billion of shareholder money to save the world, but so far much of the money has gone to liberal think tanks and special interest groups. The money has also gone to help invent a new car engine and solve global warming, but wouldn't everyone be better off if Google just focused on doing what it does best? CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates. John Reosti wrote on the topic in the November 2007 Foundation Watch.

On the October 23, 2007, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show, "Organization Watch," CRC's James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum interviewed Matthew Sheffield of Newsbusters.org who discussed the latest examples of left-wing media bias, and Leslie Graves of the Lucy Burns Institute who discussed her group's project, WikiFOIA, which helps Americans promote government transparency at the state and local level.

Liberal advocacy groups love to attack the subprime industry, which they call the “predatory” lending industry, even though such lenders are willing to give a chance to high-risk borrowers. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates. Vadum and Melanie Sans wrote on the topic in the October 2007 Organization Trends.

Commentary regarding California-based Free Wheelchair Mission (profiled in Compassion and Culture here) which is a Christian charity that provides inexpensive wheelchairs to the poorest of the poor in developing countries. CRC's Jill Lacey narrates on the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement.

On the September 25, 2007, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show, "Organization Watch," CRC's James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum discussed the activities of MoveOn.org and other liberal groups with Robert Stacy McCain, assistant national editor of the Washington Times. Also on the show, Annie Patnaude, spokeswoman for Americans for Prosperity, previewed her group's “Defending the American Dream Summit” on October 4 and 5 in Washington, D.C.

Commentary on reforming the No Child Left Behind Act. CRC's Phil Brand narrates on the audio clip, which ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement.

On the August 28, 2007, edition of www.rightalk.com online radio show, "Organization Watch," CRC's James Dellinger and Matthew Vadum discussed the National Commission on Energy Policy with Max Borders of the Civitas Institute. Borders wrote about the NCEP in the September issue of Organization Trends, available here. Later on the show, Whitney Ball, executive director of DonorsTrust, explained how her public charity, a donor-advised fund, helps donors promote liberty by supporting nonprofits whose goals are compatible with limited government, free enterprise, and personal responsibility.

Commentary regarding education reform as the summer closes and America's children head back to the classroom. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates.

Commentary regarding Wal-Mart's courting of liberal special interest groups. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates.

G. Gordon Liddy discussed the latest news and activities of left-wing nonprofits and funders with CRC's Matthew Vadum on the August 9, 2007, edition of "The G. Gordon Liddy Show."

G. Gordon Liddy discussed the latest news and activities of left-wing nonprofits and funders with CRC's Matthew Vadum on the August 9, 2007, edition of "The G. Gordon Liddy Show."

G. Gordon Liddy discussed the latest news and activities of left-wing nonprofits and funders with CRC's Matthew Vadum on the August 9, 2007, edition of "The G. Gordon Liddy Show."

G. Gordon Liddy discussed the latest news and activities of left-wing nonprofits and funders with CRC's Matthew Vadum on the August 9, 2007, edition of "The G. Gordon Liddy Show."

Commentary regarding Al Gore's carbon footprint. The audio clip ran on the Radio America network as a public service announcement and is related to a Foundation Watch article, "Al Gore’s Carbon Crusade: The Money and Connections Behind It," by Deborah Corey Barnes.

Commentary from Dr. David Hogberg regarding a new coalition's push for a government take over of America's healthcare system.  He took a look at this issue in CRC's June Organization Trends. 

Commentary regarding the opening of Oprah's Leadership Academy. CRC's Jill Lacey narrates.

Commentary about the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank funded by George Soros that's off to a roaring start. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates. John Gizzi profiled the Center in the May 2007 Organization Trends.

Commentary regarding Living Water International's hard work in Liberia with former child soldiers. CRC's Jill Lacey narrates.

Commentary on the powerful Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of socialist lawmakers in Congress. CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates. Cheryl K. Chumley profiled the group in the January 2007 Foundation Watch.

Commentary regarding Big Labor's latest "Corporate Campaigns." CRC's Matthew Vadum narrates.

Matthew Vadum discusses the involvement of George Soros and other donors in the secretive "Democracy Alliance," on "Janet Parshall's America." Vadum and James Dellinger profiled the Democracy Alliance in the December 2006 Foundation Watch.