Category: Liberty Minutes

The Triumph of a Totalitarian Idea December 21, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 21, 2009 In the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that black people were not ?persons? and thus not entitled to the protections of the Constitution. That assumption has… more »

Portents of Martial Law? December 18, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 18, 2009 Buckeye, Arizona is a town of 35,000 with a severely depressed economy. In 2007, the last year for which statistics were available, there were 51 violent crimes committed in Buckeye, with aggravated… more »

Beware the Eco-Jihad December 17, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 17, 2009 For decades, Former New Zealand Prime Minister Mike Moore has been in the vanguard of the international left. He is the former vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth and served… more »

Self-Serving "Public Servants" December 16, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 16, 2009 During an economic downturn, private businesses cut costs through layoffs, pay freezes, and even pay cuts where necessary. Government, which unlike private business produces nothing and engages in… more »

An Instrument of Dictatorship December 15, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 15, 2009 The RAND Corporation has released a study entitled A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Creating U.S. Capabilities. The RAND study, which was conducted for the U.S. A… more »

Border Totalitarianism December 14, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 14, 2009 On December 8, Dr. Peter Watts, a Hugo-nominated science fiction author, was headed home to Toronto when the car he was driving was randomly selected for a search at the Canadian border. After he… more »

Children as a Rationed Commodity? December 11, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 11, 2009 Eco-socialists have devised a system called ?cap-and-trade,? in which businesses are required to buy permits to cover so-called greenhouse emissions, with the option of selling permits they don?… more »

The Border Patrol Gestapo Goes Domestic December 10, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 10, 2009 Iris Cooper of Patagonia, Arizona was driving to school at the Pima Medical Institute in Tucson when she realized that she had forgotten her books. About two miles away from a Border Patrol check… more »

Why Do We Tolerate the IRS? December 9, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 9, 2009 It?s been difficult for Seattle resident Rachel Porcaro, a single mother who makes about $18,000 a year cutting hair, to provide for herself and her two sons. Things did not improve when the domesti… more »

Oregon's Eco-Jihad against Small Business December 8, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 8, 2009 Oregon?s official unemployment rate is over eleven percent, and the state ranks sixth in the nation for bankruptcies. Thanks to Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, things will soon get much worse… more »

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