Archives for: July 2014, 23
Scouts Receive "Civics Lesson" in American Totalitarianism
by Will
Liberty Minute July 23 2014
Visitors to the former Soviet Union were frequently admonished not to take photographs of buildings and government personnel, out of fear of attracting the attention of the secret police. The danger was particularly acute wh… more »
Marijuana Prohibition Kills Children
by Will
Liberty Minute July 22 2014
Anna Conte of Albany, New York died at the age of nine, a casualty of the bureaucratized cruelty and misguided sanctimony of drug prohibition.
Desperate to get relief for their daughter, Anna?s mother and father had trave… more »
"This Ends Today": So the Police Murdered Him
by Will
Liberty Minute July 21 2014
Eric Garner was killed by the police on the streets of Staten Island, New York for no defensible reason. The 48-year-old father of six and grandfather to two had just broken up a fight when plainclothes officers appeared and… more »
Drug Commissar gets his "Rush" from Imprisoning Others Who Seek One
by Will
Liberty Minute July 18 2014
What a rush!? exulted Idaho resident Monte Stiles after completing his first tandem skydive on July 10. That description was not metaphorical: The chemical reactions involved in skydiving and similar high-risk activities h… more »
Britain's Cultural Totalitarianism
by Will
Liberty Minute July 17 2014
Great Britain, once renowned as the Mother of Parliaments and the homeland of the Anglo-Saxon tradition of liberty under law, is now a fully realized post-Christian society ruled by undisguised cultural totalitarians.
The B… more »
Again, Thou Shalt Speak No Ill of the Dear Leader
by Will
Liberty Minute July 16 2014
Within the US Department of Justice is an entity called the Community Relations Service, or CRS, that supposedly works to pacify potential conflicts growing out of racial tensions. Under the reign of Barack Obama and Attorne… more »
The Middle East Could Benefit from American "Neglect"
by Will
Liberty Minute July 15 2014
Unlike his father, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul is not a consistent non-interventionist. For example, Senator Paul supports some forms of foreign aid, which his father appropriately condemned as unconstitutional. Ra… more »