Category: Liberty Minutes

The Bank Runs Begin; Are You Ready? March 17, 2008

by Will

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute March 17, 2008 At the end of the trading day on March 14, Bear Stearns investment bank was valued at more than three and a half billion dollars. Over the weekend, JP Morgan Chase bought out Bear Stearns for a mere $236… more »

How Torture Endangers All of Us March 13, 2008

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 13, 2008 In early March, Spain dropped its request to extradite Jamil-el-Banna and Omar Deghayes, who were suspected of involvement with an al-Qaeda cell in Madrid. As the Guardian of London notes, Spanish of… more »

The Crash Is Coming March 12, 2008

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 12, 2008 Financial analyst John Williams tracks and reports the so-called US Government ?shadow statistics? -- figures about public spending and economic health Washington would like us to ignore. Acc… more »

Spare The Needle? March 11, 2008

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 11, 2008 Last November, hundreds of children were herded into a Maryland courthouse at gunpoint. There, surrounded by riot police and guard dogs, they were forcibly vaccinated. Their parents had been threatened… more »

Family First; The State, Last March 10, 2008

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 10, 2008 The government ruling us will occasionally stand unveiled in its full malignant majesty. A recent California appeals court decision offered such an opportunity. The court ruled that "parents do not… more »

The Perfect Law of Liberty* March 7, 2008

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 7, 2008 Scholar George H. Smith, a professed atheist, has written an essay for the Acton Institute celebrating Christianity?s central role in defining and defending individual liberty. Smith notes that ?… more »

The NAU's Quite Conquest March 6, 2008

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 6, 2008 Without congressional approval or widespread media coverage, a significant military accord was signed by the US and Canada on February 14. The agreement, called the Civil Assistance Plan, ?paves th… more »

When a Hug is a Felony March 5, 2008

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 5, 2008 The case of Veronica Rodriguez, a 27-year-old Oregon resident imprisoned for hugging a teenager, helps illustrate why our country has the largest prison population in the world. Two years ago, as a co… more »

Greenspan's Final Insult March 4, 2008

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 4, 2008 During his nearly 20-year tenure as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan did everything in his considerable power to ruin the value of the dollar. The so-called ?dot-com? bubble, which… more »

An Ambivalent Victory March 3, 2008

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 3, 2008 A Bear Lake County, Idaho jury convicted former policeman Kevin Buttars of assault -- only to see the verdict undermined by an inexcusably lenient sentence. In March 2007, Officer Buttars became aggra… more »

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