Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 11, 2011 Four years before former Penn State Head Football Coach Joe Paterno was told that Jay Sandusky had raped a 10-year-old boy, police had already learned that the one-time assistant coach was preying on chi… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 10, 2011 Larry Fairfax, a man from northern Idaho who admits to planting a pipe bomb on an SUV driven by Cyndi Steele ? and then lying to investigators about the device -- was sentenced to 27 months in prison f… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 9, 2011 Like many others living in Pakistan, Tariq Aziz was infuriated by the push-button war being waged in that country by Washington, in which missile strikes are conducted by remote-controlled drones operated… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 8, 2011 The U.S. Northern Command, which was created in the aftermath of 9-11, is conducting a massive field training exercise entitled ?Operation Vigilant Shield 12.? Government Security News reports that t… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 7, 2011 During a recent summit of European leaders in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented a stark and ominous assessment of the continent?s ever-deepening debt crisis. ?Nobody should take for… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 4, 2011 Enactment of the so-called Patriot Act ten years ago led to the routine use of what former federal judge Andrew Napolitano calls ?self-written search warrants? ? especially national security letters… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 3, 2011 An American citizen living abroad was kidnapped the secret police and beaten every day for several weeks in a row. He was told to confess that he was a terrorist. Despite the torture, the victim ? who b… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 2, 2011 A little more than a decade ago, the Legal Officers Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police conducted a nation-wide ethics survey of police officers. Nearly eighty percent of respond… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 1, 2011 A grand jury in Harris County, Texas is investigating problems with roadside blood alcohol testing vans operated by the Houston Police Department. Months ago, former HPD supervisor Amanda Culbertson discl… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 31, 2011 Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Officer in Texas describes himself as ?tickled to death? over his department?s acquisition of a ShadowHawk unmanned aerial vehicle. The… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 28, 2011 Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is an unabashed proponent of pre-emptive war with Iran. During a recent visit to New Hampshire, Santorum cited a supposed plot by Iranian agents to assassin… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 27, 2011 Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old Marine combat veteran of the Iraq War, survived that imperial venture abroad ? but he may die from wounds inflicted by the Empire?s domestic enforcement apparatus. Olsen, a… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 30, 2011 Although it is as routinely ignored as any other constitutional or statutory limit on government power, the Posse Comitatus Act is still the law. That statute forbids the use of the military in domestic… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 25, 2011 It was 7:00 a.m. when the SWAT team arrived at the San Jose home of Joann Rice. When her daughter answered the door, the police told her they were pursuing an armed fugitive. The young lady told the offic… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 24, 2011 Who are the real ?one percent?? That figure has been thrust into the public conversation by the so-called ?Occupy Wall Street? movement, which has organized mass protests on Wall Street and in man… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 21, 2011 A decade and a half ago, the Supreme Court upheld the use of warrantless ?sobriety checkpoints.? Targeted seat belt enforcement checkpoints have become commonplace. Michigan?s Genesee County is expa… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 20, 2011 ?Federal Reserve Notes? are described as ?legal tender.? This means that the government requires people to accept them in exchange for goods and services, as well as to pay debts. However, the sa… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 19, 2011 Philosophers Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein have described an error of logic they call the ?Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy,? which is based on the proverbial marksman who shoots first, then draws a bull… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 18 2011 During one of his frequent visits to a courtroom, former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell was arrested and charged with felony jury tampering for distributing materials on jury nullification. The… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 17, 2011 In his new book The Better Angels of Our Nature, Harvard professor Steven Pinker, who has been anointed one of the ?100 most influential scientists? by Time magazine, insists that recent centuries hav… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 14, 2011 In May 2009, the FBI contacted the office of Motors Insurance Corporation to share some good news, and some bad news. The former was that police had located a Ferrari that had been stolen six years earlie… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 13, 2011 Benjamin John Francis Fodor is a 23-year-old resident of Seattle who suits up every night and patrols the streets as a crime fighter. During one recent evening patrol Fodor came upon what he believed was… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 12, 2011 When the Communists seized control of Russia in 1917, one of their highest priorities was to abolish the jury system. The imperial Russian jury system, which was created under Czar Alexander II in 1864, w… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 11, 2011 Between 2004 and 2009, emergency room visits arising from the abuse of legal prescription drugs rose by 256 percent. The federal Office of National Drug Control Policy is planning to expand enforcement ef… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 10, 2011 Earlier this year, the Alabama legislature enacted a measure ? modeled after similar statutes passed in Arizona and Georgia -- permitting police to detain anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant.… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 7, 2011 For months, Sean Alivera and Christopher Luciano had been beating and robbing people on the streets of Philadelphia. On October 3, they were finally arrested after stealing $3,000 and 20 pounds of marijuan… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 6, 2011 The ancient tyrant Dionysius II once received a visit from a man named Damocles, who expressed envy over the power and wealth enjoyed by the ruler. Dionysius offered the visitor an opportunity to dine at h… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 5, 2011 Early in September, Detroit resident Seth Harrington took the twins for a bike ride along the city?s river walk. Harrington?s family lives near Comerica Park, home to the Detroit Tigers. When he retur… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 4, 2011 As is so often the case in the police state under which we now live, the Harris family?s nightmare began at dawn. The Chicago family was startled awake by the sound of an explosion, followed by angry dem… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 3 2011 Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen, was murdered in Yemen by a presidentially ordered CIA drone strike, on September 30. A radical Muslim cleric, Awlaki was accused of expressing support for armed attacks aga… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 30, 2011 Although it is as routinely ignored as any other constitutional or statutory limit on government power, the Posse Comitatus Act is still the law. That statute forbids the use of the military in domestic… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 29, 2011 ?Civil asset forfeiture? is the practice of seizing money and other property from people suspected of criminal behavior. In practice, it is undisguised theft. As the Detroit News reported a couple of… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 28, 2011 For several years, residents of Houston, Texas have been barraged by phone solicitors seeking money for what was described as a special charitable fund for the families of financially troubled police of… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 27, 2011 James Miller is a professor of theater at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Like millions of others ? including your correspondent ? Miller is a fan of the short-lived science fiction series ?Firefly,? w… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 26, 2011 Lokuda Losil, a 60-year-old farmer, lived with his eight children and six grandchildren on 30 acres of land in Kiboga, Uganda. About three years ago, a motley assortment of police, soldiers, and mercena… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 23, 2011 Sammy Hagar, lead singer for the rock band Chickenfoot, received a letter from an Iraq vet who couldn?t find work. He closed the letter with the words, ?Can you help me, brother? I need a job.? A… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 22, 2011 According to the Richmond, Virginia Times-Dispatch, ?It was difficult not to feel safe ? inside the exhibition hall at the Greater Richmond Convention Center? during the 2011 National Tactical Ope… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 21, 2011 During a September 20 press conference in New York City, presidential aspirant Rick Perry told a reporter: ?As a Christian, I have a clear directive to support Israel?.? He made the same point… more »