Category: Liberty Minutes

Government Buys Out the Press May 25, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 25, 2009 A few weeks ago, the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper was purchased by Platinum Equity, an investment fund from Beverly Hills. Platinum Equity is capitalized by the $30 billion pension fund of the Los An… more »

Can Secession Succeed?* May 22, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 22, 2009 Roughly twenty state legislatures have enacted resolutions affirming their reserved powers under the Tenth Amendment. Montana has enacted a law exempting firearms made and sold within that state from fed… more »

Electronic Totalitarianism May 21, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 21, 2009 The USA, once the world standard in individual liberty, is now leading the effort to build a comprehensive electronic police state. In an electronic police state, observes the privacy activist group Cr… more »

Washington Devours the States May 20, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 20, 2009 In an 1824 letter, Thomas Jefferson offered a concise description of our federated constitutional republic. "With respect to our State and federal governments, I do not think their relations [are] corr… more »

Pravda's Obituary for American Freedom May 19, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 19, 2009 We know for certain that dramatic and terrifying changes are underway in our nation when Washington?s embrace of socialist economics is criticized in the pages of Pravda. Yes, that Pravda ? the news… more »

Just Your Local Police State at Work May 18, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 18, 2009 Lynne Boynton of Wallingford, Connecticut was in her driveway when the stormtroopers arrived. Fifteen federal agents and local police, some of them wielding machine guns, swarmed the home she shares with… more »

The Curse of Judicial Lawlwessness May 14, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 14, 2009 It?s tragically common for appellate judges to ratify abuses of fundamental rights. It?s less common for them to urge police and policy makers to commit such violations. This recently happened in Wisc… more »

The Lingering Injustice of an Unnecessary War May 13, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 13, 2009 During the 78-day US-led NATO war on Yugoslavia in 1999, the headquarters of Radio Television Serbia (or RTS) were destroyed by an airstrike. This was a deliberate, premeditated attack on a civilian media… more »

Arm Citizens Not Terrorists May 12, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 12, 2009 A bill before the House of Representatives -- HR 2159 -- would make it a crime to provide firearms to dangerous terrorists. It is about thirty years too late, and targeted at the wrong people. The fede… more »

The Partiot Act and Proportionarity May 11, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 11, 2009 Last week I referred to Ashton Lundeby, a 16-year-old from North Carolina who was arrested and held, under the PATRIOT act, on suspicion of making bomb threats. The federal prosecutor heading the case… more »

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