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 »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 20, 2011 In 2002, U.S. citizen Jose Padilla was designated an ?unlawful enemy combatant.? According to the Bush administration, Padilla was involved in an al-Qaeda plot to detonate a radiological bomb. The eviden… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 19, 2011 The foundation of the Soviet legal system was the assumption that anything not explicitly permitted by the government was illegal. The chief enforcement agent of the Soviet police system was the citizen i… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 16, 2011 Like many other cities in California, San Juan Capistrano was settled by Catholic missionaries. The historic mission building that gave the city its name still exists today, and tourists who visit… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 15, 2011 See if this story sounds familiar: Alex Clemens of Alameda, California was getting ready for work at around 7:00 the morning of September 14 when he heard an insistent pounding on the front doo… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 14, 2011 Several years ago, Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an order compelling schoolgirls to undergo mandatory vaccinations with a dangerous STD drug called Gardasil. Chided in the recent presidential deb… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 13, 2011 ?As Americans, we refuse to live in fear,? insisted Barack Obama during a 9/11 memorial service. This would come as news to Shoshana Hebshi, a young mother who was arrested, handcuffed, and t… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 12, 2011 Once reserved only for exceptional situations involving hostage rescues, armed robberies, and barricaded gunmen, SWAT teams are now increasingly used for routine police calls. It often seems a… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 9, 2011 It was about a quarter to nine in the evening, and Raleigh, North Carolina resident Lynwood Artis hadn?t eaten since breakfast. He grabbed a taco from a popular Tex-Mex restaurant and went to cat… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 8 2011 Jeremy Hill of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, shot and killed a grizzly bear that threatened his family. The Federal government threatened to prosecute him under the Endangered Species Act, a charge that cou… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 6, 2011 Last October, Donetta Foster was visiting the library in Decatur, Georgia in the company of her 14-month-old son. As the two of them reviewed a set of animal flash cards, the toddler?s delighted… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 6 2011 Despite the rampant abuse and institutionalized corruption that characterize the regime ruling us, most Americans still cherish the idea that the rule of law ? specifically, God?s law -- is at the… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 5, 2011 Is there any incumbent dictator who has not allowed his secret police to act as torture subcontractors for the CIA? Human Rights Watch recently uncovered a trove of documents in the office of Mo… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 1, 2011 Detroit District Court Judge Ronald Giles has acknowledged that Maryanne Godboldo was morally and legally entitled to use deadly force in an attempt to prevent the illegal abduction of her mentally h… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 31, 2011 Until he either confesses to the crimes or is proven guilty to the satisfaction of a jury of his peers, David Anderson of Spring Creek, Nevada is innocent of the charges of lewd conduct with a child. T… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 30, 2011 Five years ago, while he still afflicted this country as its Vice President, Dick Cheney visited Beaver Creek, Colorado. A local resident named Steven Howards noticed Cheney?s entourage. Howards wan… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 29, 2011 The Fifth Amendment dictates that government may not deprive any individual of his property ?without due process of law?; in other words, one has to be convicted of a crime before the state can i… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 25, 2011 The so-called ?war on drugs? led to the amalgamation of the military and domestic law enforcement. Nearly every police agency in the country now has a SWAT team ? a specialized paramilitary unit… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 24, 2011 For the third time in less than a decade, the United States military has been used to inflict a Sharia-compliant constitution on a foreign country. The proposed draft constitution for post-Qadaffi Liby… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 23, 2011 Perhaps unwittingly, contemporary songwriter Gino Vannelli offered a valid theological insight when he wrote that there is ?A Little Bit of Judas in Us All.? This trait is relentlessly exploited by… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 19, 2011 Legal activist and radio host Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice is a passionate advocate for the Israeli government, which is his right. Where the foreign policy views of Republica… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 18, 2011 Every government action is accompanied with the tacit ? and often overt ? threat of lethal force. This is why every time someone seeks to involve a government agency in a dispute, he risks becoming… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 17, 2011 Morgan Reynolds of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis is a prominent advocate of building prisons not where the crime is but where the jobs are. Decisions regarding prison constr… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 12 2011 Forty years ago this August 15, the Nixon administration closed the ?gold window? ? that is, it defaulted on the federal government?s debts by severing the connection between the dollar and gol… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 11, 2011 With the support of a majority of City Commissioners, Mary Lee Cook, the 84-year-old Mayor of Oak Hill, Florida, recently fired the city?s six-member police force. This came several weeks after the p… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 9 2011 According to the Sacramento Bee, the migratory wave from Mexico to California has gone into reverse. While the official unemployment rate in the U.S. is around ten percent, in Mexico the rate is lower th… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 8, 2011 Like thousands of other police union officials nation-wide, John Barnes of Michigan?s Warren Police Association is infuriated that he and his comrades may have to start paying a larger share of their… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 5, 2011 Police in in Renton, Washington seek to arrest and prosecute an anonymous satirist who created several animated cartoons mocking the scandal-plagued police department. The videos ?target specific… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 4, 2011 In a memorable scene from the 1970s film ?Animal House,? the odious Dean Wormer of fictional Faber University informs the slovenly misfits of the Delta House fraternity that they?ve been on ?dou… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 3, 2011 During the overwrought and ultimately pointless Capitol Hill melodrama over raising the debt ceiling, the public was routinely told that it would be unprecedented for the federal government to ?defaul… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 2, 2011 Sterling Heights, Michigan resident Ramsey Tossa is an Iraqi expatriate who served as a translator for U.S. troops occupying his country. He lived under the reign of one-time Washington subcontractor Sa… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 1, 2011 For a crime to exist, three conditions must be met: There must be criminal intent, a violation of a specific criminal statute, and a victim. Any act failing to meet all three of those criteria cannot legi… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute July 29, 2011 When the economy takes a nose-dive, households tighten their belts. Governments, on the other hand, tighten nooses. Household budgets confront dramatic increases in the cost of non-discretionary items… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute July 28, 2011 Not long ago, it was common to hear of people "taking money out" of their homes. It was as if those houses were equipped with magic ATM consoles through which some portion of their inflated market value co… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute July 27, 2011 The worst thing that can possibly happen to a parent is to lose a child. Atlanta resident Raquel Nelson suffered that unfathomable loss on April 10, 2010, when her four-year-old son was struck and killed b… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 26, 2011 For several horrible minutes, Tara Keener thought her 5-year-old son may have been dying. After depositing the Kindergarten-age child on a school bus, Tara heard several of the other students shouting th… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 25, 2011 The federal Food and Drug Administration recently dispatched an officious letter to Diamond Foods informing them that the walnuts sold by that company have been categorized as ?drugs.? This is becaus… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute July 22, 2011 If you steal a dollar, you?re a thief. Defraud a business partner out of a thousand dollars, and you?re an embezzler. Seize homes from hundreds of thousands of people through bogus foreclosure proce… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute July 21, 2011 Marco Sauceda of Lufkin, Texas, did nothing wrong. Yet the mentally handicapped 30-year-old was pepper-sprayed, shot with a pepper-ball gun, and severely beaten by nine police officers in his own home afte… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 20, 2011 It seems like a spectacle out of a Third World dictatorship: A frail woman addressing a public meeting is set upon by police, who tear away the microphone, seize her in a painful compliance hold, and dra… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute July 19, 2011 The Federal Reserve ? a criminal syndicate engaged in government-licensed counterfeiting and fraud -- profits from government profligacy: For a fee, it prints the money spent by the government, and its m… more »