Archives for: May 2013
Now it's a "Crime" to Give a Cop a Dirty Look?
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
May 30 2013
Tremaine McMillian, a 14-year-old from Miami, was roughhousing with friends on a beach not far from his home when police officers arrived on ATVs and told him that he would have to stop. One of the officer… more »
Police Chief as Judge, Jury, and Executioner
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
May 28, 2013
Jason Ellis of Bardstown, Kentucky was murdered in the early morning hours of May 25. He was a K-9 officer with the local police department. Of infinitely greater importance, this young man was a husband and… more »
When the Vicious Sit in Judgment
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 27 2013
Illinois resident Michael Cook has been charged with drug and firearms offenses in East St. Louis following the death of a colleague from a cocaine overdose. Cook and his friend, Joe Christ, were staying at a h… more »
A Congressman who Doesn't Cotton to the Constitution
by Will
LibertyMinute May 23 2013
Republican Congressman Tom Cotton of Arkansas somehow managed to graduate from Harvard Law School and take several oaths to uphold the US Constitution without studying the Constitution in adequate detail. Rep. Cotton has p… more »
Bill Nye, Global Warming Opportunist Guy
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
May 22, 2013
Television personality Bill Nye, a former Boeing engineer and standup comedian, may call himself ?The Science Guy,? but his May 20 appearance on Piers Morgan?s CNN program dealt with speculation, rath… more »
Partisanship is Petty, But it isn't "Treason"
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
May 21, 2013
During the Bush presidency, a conservative filmmaker produced a documentary entitled ?Michael Moore hates America,? which accused the left-leaning director of undermining the national interest. Now that B… more »
Master Yourself Before Presuming to Govern Others
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
May 20, 2013
Ever since Adam tried to avoid answering a direct question by re-directing blame at his wife, human beings have done everything we can to evade responsibility for our transgressions. This is a universal f… more »
Behind the Boise "Terrorism" Raid
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
May 17, 2013
On May 16, the Homeland Security Department raided the Boise home of an Uzbek national named Fazluddin Kurbanov, who has been accused of providing material support to an organization called the Islamic Moveme… more »
Gitmo-izing Air Passengers
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
May 16, 2013
Sometimes the most unpleasant and important truths are disclosed in unintended ways.
Clive Stafford Smith, a British human rights activist, is the head of the legal group Reprieve, which documents abuses inf… more »
Leniency for a Uniformed Sexual Predator
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
May 14, 2013
In November 2010, 17-year-old Utah resident Tamsen Reid was stopped by former Box Elder County, Utah, Sheriff?s Deputy Scott Womack. She and her two friends were told to get out of the car, stand barefo… more »
Is this Sandpoint, Idaho -- or Soviet Russia?
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
May 13, 2013
Rita Hutchens is a 57-year-old quilt artist from Sandpoint, Idaho. Until two years ago, she had never experienced trouble with the police. After checking on a rental property, Rita was followed home by an off… more »