Archives for: July 2013, 04

Who is this that "Makes Nations Tremble"?

by Will

(For context, read Isaiah 14:12-17 ) Liberty Minute July 3 2013 ?What kind of a man is he that he makes the whole nation tremble?? Those words were spoken by a waitress in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, during the visit of Barack Obama to the city. M… more »

Edward Snowden's "Safe and Dreary" Global Prison

by Will

Liberty Minute July 2 2013 The "empire of the Romans filled the world," recalled Edward Gibbon, with some exaggeration. This meant that the known world became "a safe and dreary prison" for anyone who had provoked the Emperor's displeasure. "On every… more »

What Reasonable Person WOULDN'T Avoid the Cops?

by Will

LibertyMinute July 1 2013 Why do we even pretend that the Fourth Amendment exists, when the federal government conducts all-encompassing warrantless surveillance, and local police routinely conduct searches without warrants or probable cause? In 2000,… more »