Category: Liberty Minutes

The Robber State in Action October 2, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute October 2, 2007 Guatemala native Pedro Zapeta came to the United States without government permission in 1995. For eleven years, working in the underground economy as a dishwasher, Zapeta managed to accumulate more than… more »

Criminalizing a Cough October 1, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute October 1, 2007 Morrisville, North Carolina resident Kent Kauffman was having a really bad week. His beloved dog had just died of kidney failure. And he had just caught a nasty cold. And then Kent caught sight of police… more »

Of Starfish and Jihadis September 28, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute September 28, 2007 The book The Starfish and the Spider describes the Australian government's effort to protect the Great Barrier Reef from an exploding starfish population. Divers were sent to kill as many starfish as… more »

An Injustice Ended September 27,2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute September 27,2007 Pardoned by the Florida Clemency Board after more than three years in prison, Dr. Richard Paey was returned to his family on September 21. Confined to a wheelchair after an automobile accident and an i… more »

The Dollar's Demise September 26, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute September 26, 2007 The last time the Canadian dollar, known as the ?Loonie,? was equal in value to the Greenback, Gerald Ford was in the White House. In May 2004 the Canadian Loonie was worth 72 cents. On September… more »

How Communism Came to America September 25, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute September 25, 2007 Washington State residents Alan and Stephne Roos knew that their son Thomas had drug problem. They didn't know that he was using the family's automobiles ? a late-model Nissan and a refurbished 1970… more »

State-Sanctioned Sadism September 24, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute September 24, 2007 Deputy David B. Thompson of Oregon's Multnomah County Sheriff's Department finds some peculiar rewards in his work. ?Seeing someone get Tasered is second only to pulling the trigger,? wrote Dep… more »

Bullies With Badges September 21, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute September 21, 2007 After being assaulted by an off-duty police officer, 20-year-old Brett Darrow installed a video camera in his car to record encounters with law enforcement. In early September, Darrow recorded a… more »

They ALWAYS Mess Things Up, September 20, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute September 20, 2007 There are few if any problems that cannot be made much worse through the dubious blessing of government intervention. For example: Thanks to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie… more »

Greenspan's Dodge, September 19, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute September 19, 2007 The French diplomat Talleyrand was among history's most cunning political survivors, somehow holding on to power while his comrades were sent to the guillotine. Asked late in life why he'd never wri… more »

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