Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute August 1,2008 Every summer, political activists in New York stage a mass bicycle ride called Critical Mass. During last Friday?s Critical Mass event, a rider named Christopher Long was arrested by Police Officer Pat… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 25, 2008 The Iraq invasion introduced the practice of pre-emptive war. Public comments by Vice President Cheney and others have promoted the concept of pre-emptive nuclear war as a means of aborting Iran?s nucl… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 24, 2008 During Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke?s most recent congressional testimony, Texas Congressman Ron Paul pointed out that since inflation is a tax, Bernanke is the ?biggest taxer in the country.?… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 23, 2008 Law enforcement authorities in Dallas recently arrested four career criminals who formed the nucleus of an armed gang that had terrorized seven counties for more than three years. The gang stole more tha… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 22, 2008 It didn?t take long for the Bush administration?s authoritarian assumptions to trickle down to local police agencies. For seven years, the Bush administration has treated the Fourth Amendment as… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 21, 2008 The phrase ?moral hazard? refers to incentives that abet immoral or irresponsible behavior. Asset forfeiture laws permitting police to seize property and cash without charging the owners with a crime… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 18, 2008 According to media-anointed terrorism expert Neil Livingstone, ? flying isn?t a right, it?s a privilege.? Livingstone?s description of the freedom to travel as a privilege came during a t… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 17, 2008 In this year?s presidential campaign, one candidate may be disqualified because of the circumstances of his birth. One might expect that candidate to be Barack Obama, given his exotic background. In fa… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 16, 2008 In what sense is this a republic when the people who write and enforce the law can modify it at whim to make their crimes legal? For several years, the Bush administration conducted a program of warra… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute July 15, 2008 Last November, federal agents seized roughly $3 million in coins produced by the Indiana-based Liberty Dollar movement. During the past decade, a small but growing number of fully informed buyers and se… more »