James V.

Edward Snowden: NSA Leaker Exposes the End Of an Open Society
By James V.
The political world is on fire! Doctored talking points, seized phone records, reporters labeled as co-conspirators against the government, and now a massive database tracking the phone calls, emails, and all other digitized data stuffs that the…
Eric Holder Scandal and Others Are a Reminder to Be Skeptical Of Government
By James V.
As we all must know by now, "government" is just a nice word that we use to talk about all of the fine and lovely things that Americans decide to do together. It's what the Founders would have wanted, after all: "They left us the keys to a system of…
Gun Control Debate: The Left's Dwindling Arguments Leave Nothing Left
By James V.
Is the National Rifle Association “un-American”? New York Times contributor Stanley Fish seems to think so. But while his headline aims to unsettle, the article itself immediately takes a few steps back by giving some NRA members a pass.  “I don’t…
Dr. Kermit Gosnell's Abortion Trial: Why Isn't the Media Covering It?
By James V.
"Among the relatively few cases that could be specifically documented, one was Baby Boy A. His 17-year-old mother was almost 30 weeks pregnant – seven and a half months – when labor was induced. An employee estimated his birth weight as approaching…
Millennials Are Taking Entrepreneurship In a Whole New Direction
By James V.
Any millennial who saw the 20,000 pages of Obamacare being piled high in Senator Mitch McConnell’s office should have asked themselves a single question: Does it really have to be this way? Young people have grown to expect certain things of the…
Rush Limbaugh Needs to Realize the Millennial Generation is a Work in Progress
By James V.
Rush Limbaugh recently published a piece here on PolicyMic titled, “Pandering to Milliennials Will Ruin the GOP.” For many of us, especially those who know something of his public character, it seems safe to say that the worst was expected.  What a…
Bloomberg Soda Ban Struck Down by New York State Supreme Court
By James V.
Soda-lovers of New York City, celebrate!  With only a day to go before Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on oversized "sugary drinks" went into effect, State Supreme Court Justice Milton A. Tingling has laid down the gavel. Concerned over the "virtually…
Pew Study: Millennials Value Parenthood More Than Marriage
By James V.
If we leave aside the policy issues, we can at least admit that the private departure from marriage has been going on for some time. Consider the number of children being born to married parents: a remarkable decline from the 1950s, with a decided…
Barack Obama Completely Missed the Point Of the Founding Fathers in His Inauguration Speech
By James V.
Winston Churchill wrote, in something of advice to young undergraduates, that a “man’s life must be nailed to the cross either of Thought or Action. Without work,” he explained, “there is no play.” What he meant was that the serious person, whether…
If We Fought For Our Freedoms Like We Fought For Our Instagram Privacy, Government Wouldn't Be So Corrupt
By James V.
Instagram, the popular photo-sharing and social-networking service acquired this year by Facebook, now faces a strong public backlash over a newly proposed terms of service agreement that allows your photos to be sold to outside businesses without…