Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 13, 2008 Illegal immigration from Mexico has declined dramatically as the US economy has slumped. Economist Mark Thornton points out that since 2005 the amount of money sent home by Mexicans in the U.S. has de… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 12, 2008 The murderous farce called the ?war on drugs? has militarized many civilian police agencies and torn huge holes in the Bill of Rights. It has also provided a lucrative new opportunity for Blackwater… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 11, 2008 President Bush recently told NBC news the Iraq occupation may last forty years. He?s doing what he can to ensure that it does. The administration is seeking to force the Iraqi government to sign a sp… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 10, 2008 Samuel Johnson famously said that no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. The way a man uses his discretionary time and money reveals much about his character. Bearing this in mind, there?s reason to b… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 9, 2008 Last Friday, reacting to portents of war between the US and Iran, the Dow dove 400 points, and oil surged to more than $138 a barrel. Were we to go to war with Iran, the price of oil would easily clim… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 5, 2008 In his classic book Our Enemy, the State, historian Albert J. Nock pointed out: "Everyone knows that the State claims and exercises [a] monopoly of crime?. It forbids private murder, but itself organ… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 4, 2008 Billy Dan Carroll of Austin, Texas was recently arrested and charged with being a serial child molester. Carroll allegedly videotaped his acts, which involved children as young as two years of age. The v… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 3, 2008 Col. Peter E. Brownback III was chosen to serve as a judge in the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay. Pretrial proceedings in the case of Omar Ahmed Khadr had scarcely begun before Brownback was rem… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 2, 2008 Which is more outrageous: Barack Obama?s former pastor saying the 9-11 attacks were in some sense a reaction to the policies of the government ruling us, or the former Speaker of the House suggesting th… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 30, 2008 Those who defend the Bush administration?s use of torture insist ? incorrectly -- that it is a necessary measure in the interest of our national security. Can they also countenance torture carried out… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 29, 2008 Roughly one year ago, the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Bush administration?s decision to seize Ali Saleh Mohammed al-Marri and hold him indefinitely in military custody. The adm… more »