By Michael Penn Libertarianism is a positive influence when it seeks to prevent the social engineering and tyranny of socialism and statism rampant in modern liberalism. Yet it also has a dangerous undercurrent of near-anarchism that threatens the very idea of law and order. To some, anarchy is the logical conclusion of a philosophy that has preserving individual rights as its primary emphasis. While an emphasis on individual rights is absolutely necessary in our current…
Venezuela: Not True Socialism
By Jordan Jardine In the wake of a dramatic increase in tensions between the Trump Administration and Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela, it is as appropriate a time as any to clarify a few misconceptions about this South American country. First of all, although the political party to which Mr. Maduro belongs is called the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the workers in Venezuela have no control over the means of production, there remains a…
The Frank Miller Question
By John Restuccia More and more today we see musicians, artists, and entertainers shouting out ideas that we ourselves do not agree with. Some of these in fact we may find downright offensive. Take an example on the left. After Kanye West came out in support of Donald Trump, many of his fans felt betrayed by him, saying they were unable to listen to his music now due to the opinions he was voicing and…
Shutdown & Dance With Me
By Matthew Rosen Welcome back to Binghamton! Unfortunately, it brings me great sadness to admit that I return to school with some bad news for all of you. As I am typing this article, I worry that by the time this issue comes out, you may already know what news I am talking about. I fear the world will be a completely different place, and this article’s warning will be too little, too late. My…
Hate Speech is Free Speech
By Sarah Waters As a member of multiple marginalized groups, I have been told absolutely appalling things. These sentiments, among many colorful insults and racial slurs, include, “Your kind is only good dead,” “I know to never trust one of you people,” and “Go back to where you came from!” It hurts. It’s heartbreaking. Those people are cruel. And I wholeheartedly support their right to say those things. We live in a society in which…
Covington Catholic and Actual Fake News
By Tommy Gagliano On January 19th, a video from the pro-life “March for Life” rally in Washington DC went viral. This short video showed an interaction between 64-year-old Native American activist Nathan Phillips, and 17-year-old Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann. In the video clip, Phillips sings and plays the drum in the face of Nick Sandmann, while Sandmann stands still and appears to smile or smirk at Phillips. Sandmann is wearing a “Make…
#SubscribetoPewdiepie
By Patrick McAuliffe Regular Vox readers and anyone who is invested in YouTube culture will know the competition I want to talk about. Felix Kjellberg, also known as Pewdiepie, is frantically racing the Indian entertainment corporation T-Series for the most YouTube subscribers of all time. As of this article, both of them have over 82 million subscribers, which is far above most YouTube channels. Pewdiepie even surpassed YouTube Gaming, the general channel collecting various gaming…