Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 28, 2010 In July 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed a directive ordering the CIA to provide support and training to radical Islamic groups in Afghanistan. According to Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter?s nationa… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 27, 2010 John Roach, the aptly named District Attorney for Collin County, Texas, has arranged to use money from asset forfeiture to fund his own specialized SWAT-style courthouse security team. Asset forfe… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 25, 2010 Before being nominated for the post of deputy secretary of state, Thomas R. Nides was paid more than $8 million in salary and bonuses as chief operating officer for the Wall Street investment bank Mor… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 22, 2010 Todd Blair of Roy, Utah had a relatively short and troubled life, which ended shortly before 10 PM on September 16. Blair was in the basement of his home when he heard footsteps and the voices of… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 21, 2010 Last July, a speed trap in Byrnes Mill, Missouri snagged Rich Stephens, a former professional football player. Stephens was arrested by two officers, one of whom handcuffed and kicked him. Stephens wa… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 20, 2010 In , Federalist essay 45 James Madison famously pointed out that the ?numerous and indefinite? powers reserved to states include all matters pertaining to ?internal order? ? or, as we would… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 19, 2010 Advocates of government spending seem to be entirely unacquainted with the word ?enough.? There appears to be no limit to the amount of wealth they devour. Every suggested reduction in spending le… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 18, 2010 Incidents in which police shoot family dogs are quite commonplace. Such episodes of ?puppycide??puppycide? rarely involve an actual risk to the officer. On many occasions, citizens have be… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 14, 2010 Danny Frank Rodriguez, a 29-year-old Phoenix resident, got into an argument with his mother, who called the police. When two officers materialized a few minutes later, Rodriguez angrily demanded to se… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 13, 2010 Within a few hours of her birth at New Hampshire?s Concord Hospital, Cheyenne Irish was abducted by the DCYF, New Hampshire?s so-called child protection bureaucracy. According to paperwork fi… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 11, 2010 In 1974, Turkey invaded the island of Cyprus, which is claimed by both Turkey and Greece. The invasion was described as a preventive strike against an Athens-backed coup intent on uniting the island… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 8, 2010 George Caram Steeh, a federal District Judge in Michigan, offers what may be the definitive illustration of the axiom that the Constitution poses no threat to our system of government. Judge Steeh… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 7, 2010 In 1999, Syrian-born Abdul Rahim al-Janko fled an abusive father and ended up in Afghanistan. He was taken hostage by an al-Qaeda cell, which tortured him for months. When the U.S. invaded Afghani… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 6, 2010 Students at the Camino de Paz Montessori School and Farm near Cuarteles, New Mexico were enjoying an outdoor lunch when a military helicopter materialized overhead. After reconnoitering the school… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 5, 2010 The South Fulton, Tennessee fire department told Gene and Paulette Cranicks that they wouldn?t fight their house fire because the couple hadn?t paid their $75 fire protection fee. The firefi… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 4, 2010 The depraved Roman Emperor Caligula once took violent offense over a public expression of support for a political rival in the Senate. The infuriated tyrant confided to an associate that he wished the… more »

Liberty Minute October 1, 2010 Perhaps the most rudimentary constitutional principle is that the legislative branch of government is exclusively responsible for enacting laws. Administrative agencies implement constitutionally sound laws, but have… more »