Liberty Minute May 23 2014 The Afghanistan war didn?t end soon enough to spare the life of Sgt. Maj. Martin Barreras, who died last week after being shot in combat. Barreras spent more than half of his 49 years in the military, serving 22 years in th… more »

Liberty Minute May 22 2014 Alarmed that a customer appeared to be suffering from a drug overdose, Portland restaurant owner John Langley called 9-11 to request medical help ? and to insist that the police stay away. ?We don?t allow police in her… more »

Liberty Minute May 21 2014 Canyon County, Idaho Sheriff Kieran Donahue used a speech at the May 15 Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony to acknowledge that local law enforcement is officially extinct. On hand at the ceremony, which was part of a national… more »

Liberty Minute May 20 2014   Practically every day the public is informed of an incident in which a dog is shot and killed by a police officer, often in front of its owner's residence. In most cases, the dog doesn't pose an immediate risk to the offi… more »

Liberty Minute May 19 2014   The presence of a single, non-violent citizen openly carrying a firearm is sufficient to cause panic in people habituated to the evil idea that only state functionaries should be armed. They are so alarmed by the presence… more »

Liberty Minute May 16 2014   In Russia, they are called ?oligarchs?; in China, they are known as ?princelings.? By whatever designation, the people under discussion are elites who are placed in charge of immensely profitable enterprises as a… more »

Liberty Minute May 15 2014   The phrase ?check your privilege? is among the most obnoxious expressions of recent vintage. This demand is an implicit accusation routinely directed at white, male students, who are supposed to feel guilt over being the b… more »

Liberty Minute May 14 2014   Ilana Lipsen and her sister arrived at their store in Alpine Junction, Texas before business hours, but a handful of unpleasant-looking strangers were already there. One of them brusquely ordered Ilana?s sister to produ… more »

Liberty Minute May 13 2014   Michelle Obama and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai both joined the worldwide social network protest demanding the return of 276 Christian schoolgirls who were abducted by Muslim militants. The Twitter-based camp… more »

Liberty Minute May 12 2014   Those who defend the practice of discretionary child-killing generally insist that abortion is a matter of tragic necessity for women who chose that option only after grave reflection. This claim was dispelled by the acti… more »