Archives for: August 2010
A Gift to Our Enemies August 31, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 31, 2010
The contrived controversy regarding the so-called Ground Zero Mosque illustrates how Islamic radicals benefit when we betray the principles we profess to believe.
Retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, who t… more »
Incubating Collectivist Drones August 30, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 30, 2010
Government school officials in New Canaan, Connecticut ? a very affluent community -- have been invited to participate in a federally funded program that would tag schoolchildren with Radio Frequen… more »
Free Crocodile Dundee! August 27,2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 27,2010
During a recent visit to his home country to attend his mother?s funeral, Australian actor Paul Hogan, best known to millions as the cinematic comedy-action hero Crocodile Dundee, was kidnapped for ra… more »
If They Don't Read It, We Shouldn't Obey It August 26, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 26, 2010
A recent public meeting in Libby, Montana offered retired nurse Judy Mattot an opportunity few will enjoy ? and she made the most of it.
The event featured Montana Democratic Senator Max Baucus,… more »
How Many Enemies Can We Afford? August 25, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 25, 2010
Fifteen years ago this month, roughly 250,000 ethnic Serbs were forcibly expelled from their homes in Kajina, a region of Croatia near the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
This human tidal wave was insti… more »
The Unsustainable Empire of Debt August 24, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 24, 2010
Boston University economics professor Laurence Kotlikoff warns that the real national debt ?including unfunded liabilities such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and off-budget military spendi… more »
Shakedown in Philly, Continued August 23, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 23, 2010
As we?ve noted previously, Philadelphia is presided over by a mayor ? appropriately named Michael Nutter ? who is engaged in a vulgar shakedown.
Referring to people who supposedly owe variou… more »
Government's Monopoly on Lying August 20, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 20, 2010
Roger Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in Major League Baseball. The last years of his otherwise luminous career were marred with allegations that he had used performance-enhancing drugs i… more »
Remember the Jews of Tehran August 19, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 19, 2010
Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton recently urged Israel to conduct what he described as a pre-emptive strike on Iran?s nuclear facilities in Bushehr.
This would trigger a dev… more »
Yes, the Muslim Is My Neighbor August 18, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 18, 2010
The Second Great Commandment requires that we love our neighbors as ourselves. This isn?t limited to those who are fellow believers. The same is true of the Golden Rule: We are to do as we would be d… more »
London Calling August 16, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 16, 2010
Early in his presidency, Barack Obama created a minor diplomatic problem by returning a bronze bust of Churchill that had been lent to President George W. Bush. The White House declined a British offe… more »
Oh, if Only This Were an Arab Dictatorship! August 13, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 13, 2010
Every once in a while those who presume to rule us will remove their mask of geniality and reveal their malevolent desire for unlimited power.
Not long ago, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman spon… more »
The Biggest Sponsor of Radical Islam Is.... August 12, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 12, 2010
The most powerful patron of radical Islam is not Iran, Iraq, or Saudi Arabia. It is the United States Government ? particularly the CIA and the Pentagon.
In 1953, the CIA sponsored radical Islami… more »
Save Your Son -- Go To Jail? August 11, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 11, 2010
Ana Ramirez was desperate for help when her 25-year-old son Christian ? who has Down?s Syndrome and a heart defect ? went on a rampage.
Ana, who had left her job to be a full-time caretaker to… more »
Janet Lovett's Ordeal August 10, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 10, 2010
An afternoon outing with her husband and 7-year-old son at Children?s Splash Park in Tavares, Florida became a Kafkaesque ordeal for Janet Lovett , a native of Peru who recently became a U.S. citizen… more »
Nagasaki: An Avoidable Holocaust August 9, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 9, 2010
Sixty-five years ago today, the Japanese port city of Nagasaki was destroyed by an atomic bomb. The victims included most of Japan?s persecuted Christian population. They were vaporized in a nanosecon… more »
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness -- Even Against an Enemy August 6, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 6, 2010
Critics of the proposed Cordoba House ? a Muslim community center that would be constructed a few blocks from the World Trade Center site in New York City ? have accused project director Imam Faisal… more »
Eminent Domain and Municipal Dictatorship August 5, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 5, 2010
Jim Peera of Montgomery, Alabama was one of thousands expelled from Uganda by dictator Idi Amin. Tragically, the municipal government has behaved in a lawless fashion that invites comparisons to Amin?… more »
The Government Doesn't Believe Its Own Myths August 4, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 4, 2010
During this so-called ?Recovery Summer,? the Obama administration and its allies in the media have alternated between claiming that the economy has revived and protesting that another government sti… more »
American Expats Flee the Omnivore August 3, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 3, 2010
Amid the perennial debate over immigration, relatively little attention is paid to the tiny but growing number of Americans repudiating U.S. citizenship in order to save their earnings from the collecti… more »
The Arizona Model: How Politicians Profit from Panic August 2, 2010
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
August 2, 2010
During an interview with Fox News, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer made a remarkable and terrifying claim:
"We cannot afford all this illegal immigration and everything that comes with it ? [including]… more »