Bio and Articles of Gen LaGreca

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Author Genevieve "Gen" LaGreca holds a BS cum laude in chemistry from Polytechnic Institute of New York and an MA in philosophy from Columbia University.

Her first novel, Noble Vision, won two national literary awards: a ForeWord magazine Book of the Year and a Writer's Digest International Book Award. The novel garnered praise from magazine magnate Steve Forbes, Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, syndicated columnist Walter Williams, and other influential thinkers. Gen is currently at work on her next novel.

Gen also writes opinion commentaries, which have appeared in the Orange County Register, Daily Caller, Rocky Mountain News, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Front Page Magazine, Free Market News Network,  Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, Fauquier Times-Democrat, Daily Sundial, Los Angeles Daily Journal, World Net Daily, Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise, Gainesville Sun, Bloomington Pantagraph, and other publications. She has been a lively radio guest, discussing her dramatic novel on popular shows in Providence, Boston, Colorado Springs, Tampa, Hartford, Gainesville, Austin, and other cities.

Gen appeared on the Glenn Beck Show on national TV to discuss her "Self-Help Guide to Living in a  Free Society," published in The New Individualist magazine.  She also appeared various times on the Barry Farber Show to discuss her provocative essay "Why We MUST Invoke Our Individual Rights---Now," as well as to discuss the powerful role of fiction in portraying ideas, and other topics. Gen has been a guest speaker at national and local conferences, delivering her insightful and inspiring speech on the role of individual rights in the fight for freedom, including her speech at the national conference, FreedomFest. Gen was an invited participant at a 2010 Liberty Fund colloquium.

Prior to fiction writing, Gen worked as a pharmaceutical chemist, business consultant, and corporate writer. As the ghost-writer for healthcare educators, she has written dozens of magazine and newsletter articles that offer timely commentaries on business issues facing medical professionals.

To arrange an interview with Gen on the subject of her novel or other writings, or to book her as a speaker, contact: service@wingedvictorypress.com.

Commentaries by Gen LaGreca
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(You can also read all of Gen's articles at the American Chronicle: http://www.americanchronicle.com/authors/view/1669)

What is more Offensive, the WWE or our Government? Is it any wonder that the WWE — with its walk-tall, be-the-best, and play-to-win superstars — is a success? Or that the Obama-led Congress — with its bow-down, be-humble, and accept-America’s-decline playbook — has an approval rating of only 20 percent? . . .

Read the full article at the Daily Caller: http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/17/which-is-more-offensive-the-wwe-or-our-government/

By Smearing the Tea Party, What Exactly is the NAACP Advancing? After dredging up a dozen objectionable posters from the millions of people attending Tea Party rallies across the country, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People---on the basis of these few placards---is asking its members to sign a pledge to “repudiate racism within the tea party.” . . . Instead of hurling baseless smears and stirring racial animus, the NAACP needs to carefully examine the ideas driving the Tea Party and hold its own opposition up to scrutiny. . . .

Read the full article at the Daily Caller: http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/20/by-smearing-the-tea-party-what-exactly-is-the-naacp-advancing/

A Sad Birthday for Thomas Jefferson. Co-authored with Marsha Enright. On a spring day in 1743, a towering figure in our country’s founding was born: Thomas Jefferson. His skillful hand carved much of the character of America. Today, however, what Jefferson so painstakingly crafted lies pulverized almost to stone dust. Were he alive to celebrate his birthday this April 13, instead of sipping champagne, he might want to drown his sorrow in whiskey. What has happened to the revolutionary ideas he penned on the parchment that is the soul of America, the Declaration of Independence? How many of today’s citizens—and elected officials—understand the stirring proclamation that every person possesses certain “unalienable rights,” among which are “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”? . . .

 Read the full article at the Daily Caller: http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/09/a-sad-birthday-for-jefferson/

Henry Ford teaches Obama a Lesson in Profit. Co-authored with Marsha Enright. Addressing a joint session of Congress on health care, President Barack Obama reiterated his often-expressed aversion to the profit motive: “[B]y avoiding some of the overhead that gets eaten up at private [health insurance] companies by profits and excessive costs and executive salaries, [the public insurance option] could provide a good deal for consumers, and would also keep pressure on private insurers to keep their policies affordable and treat their customers better . . .”

Is this true? Is profit wasteful, as Obama implies? Does it lead to higher prices and lower value to consumers? Can the government, unburdened by profit, do the same job as a private company, only cheaper and better? To answer, let’s consider one business, one product, and one profit-seeking man who lived at a time when the market operated largely free of government subsidies, bailouts, regulations, taxation, and other “progressive” intrusions. . . .

Can the Free Market Be Saved Without Rand? Co-authored with Marsha Enright. It’s been a year since Stephen Moore’s article, “Atlas Shrugged: from Fiction to Fact in 52 Years,” seemed to ignite an explosion of interest in Ayn Rand. Sales of this prescient novel tripled; two Rand biographies have been selling like hotcakes; and references to her in the media have skyrocketed. Yet, some free-market defenders continue to repudiate her and her ideas, as they have for decades. It used to be conservatives such as William F. Buckley of National Review trashing “Atlas Shrugged;” now the critics include libertarians, such as Heather Wilhelm of the Illinois Public Policy Institute, who penned “Is Ayn Rand Bad for the Market?”. But in their rush to distance themselves from Rand, they succumb to a deadly philosophic trap. . . .

Read the full article at the Daily Caller at:
http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/16/can-the-free-market-be-saved-without-rand/
 

Which End of the Leash Do We Prefer? My Dog Loves Obama's Policies. My dog loves to give me not merely a day or a year of service, but an entire lifetime. He has no goals or ambitions for his own life, so he doesn't mind doing my bidding. . . .

Read the full article in the Orange County Register at:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/dog-own-doesn-2589930-leash-one

Celebrating America: Many Reasons to Honor Our Country. I love America for being the place where an upstart group of colonists, against all odds, battled the most powerful empire in the world — and won — all in the cause of liberty. . . .
Read the full article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel July 5, 2009

Also available at American Chronicle, "Why I Love America," at:
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/108908

Why We MUST Invoke Our Individual Rights---Now.  America today is a nation in trouble. The great fortress of liberty, the country of the most productive, prosperous, and happy people in the world, is now in grave danger. America is under siege by the Dark Side, the forces of statism, while its Knights of Liberty are disarmed, demoralized, and suffering near-fatal wounds. . . .

Read the full article at:
http://georgereisman.com/blog/2008/11/gen-lagreca-why-we-must-invoke-our_28.html

Individual Rights (speech). Gen spoke at FreedomFest, the largest gathering of proponents of liberty. Her speech, The Missing Ingredient in Today's Fight for Freedom: Individual Rights, is available on CD from FreedomFest.

Jefferson was Looking Out for You. Each April 13, every American should raise a glass to toast the farmer, architect, scholar, revolutionary and American president born this date in 1743: Thomas Jefferson. One of our greatest founding fathers, Jefferson lovingly crafted much of the government and character of his precious gem, America. He penned numerous documents extolling the revolutionary ideas of his time, including the stirring words on the parchment that is the soul of America, the Declaration of Independence. Yet how many of our current citizens – and elected officials – truly understand its meaning? . . .

Read the full article in the Orange County Register at:
 http://www.ocregister.com/articles/jefferson-rights-individual-2016912-property-every#

The Self-Help Guide to Living in a Free Society (As featured on The Glenn Beck Show): Too many Americans are losing the ability to take care of themselves and are instead looking for the government to run their lives for them . . . Too many Americans seem willing to replace the life of the proud American eagle, flying alone and free, with that of a hapless chicken penned in a coop waiting to be fed. . . . To combat this affliction, we need a "Self-Help Guide to Living in a Free Society." It might read something like this . . . 

Read the full article in The New Individualist:
 http://www.objectivistcenter.org/ct-2068-Free_dom.aspx

Daniel Boone vs. the Nanny State: Oct. 22 marks the anniversary of the birth of an American icon: Daniel Boone. Born in 1734, this death-defying adventurer axed his way through the Appalachian Mountains to settle Kentucky and open the Western frontier. Stamped across his rock-hard life is the trademark of America: the pioneer spirit to cross new frontiers and control one's destiny. Back then, America was formed to set people free to run their own lives. Today, our vastly expanded Nanny State looks after us. Is this a good thing? . . .

Read the full article in the Orange Country Register at:
http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/nanny-state-town-1899452-government-new

Also available at World Net Daily, "Would Daniel Boone Survive Today's Nanny State?" at:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=43841

Universal Healthcare Is What's Sicko.  Michael Moore says he made the film "Sicko" to "ignite a fire for free, universal health care." . . . People like Moore believe capitalism is the disease and government takeover the cure for our health care ills. They think people have a "right" to free health care simply because they need it. If so, why stop at medicine? Couldn't we claim the same "right" to other necessities? Take food, for instance. What if the government seized control of the food industry and fed us for free with a new entitlement, "Foodcare"? . . .

Read the full article at World Net Daily at:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56404

The NEW Declaration of Independence. It’s time for all Americans to recall the ideals of our country as expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. The following is a new version of the Declaration, updated to reflect the current usurpations and threats we face. It is an urgent call for our representatives to fulfill the promise of America envisioned by our Founders and for We, the People, to insist that they do. . . .

Read the rest at http://georgereisman.com/blog/2007/01/declaration-of-independence-2007-by-gen.html