As a military prosecutor at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Lt. Col. Stuart Couch confronted a poignant dilemma. Couch was assigned to prosecute Mohammadeou Ould Slahi, accused of organizing the hijacking of United Flight 175. That was the pla… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute June 20, 2007 Congressman Peter DeFazio is a member of the House Homeland Security Committee. As such the Oregon Democrat is permitted to view classified documents in a secure room in the Capitol. Rep. DeFazio rece… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute Addressing the Constitutional Convention on June 29, 1787, James Madison offered timeless insights about what is now called the Military-Industrial Complex: "A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will n… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute The Senate recently passed, by a 97-0 vote, a resolution condemning Iran for its alleged role in supporting attacks on US soldiers in Iraq. In fact, the Shiite Muslim regime in Iran supports the Shiite-dominated Iraqi… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, former White House Political Director Sara Taylor declared: "I took an oath to the president, and I take that oath very seriously." Senator Patrick Leahy reminded Miss… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute Will the Chinese government be your next landlord? If you haven't paid off your mortgage, this is a serious possibility, particularly if your mortgage is backed by the federal government. Secretary of Housing and Urban… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute George F. Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist and respected television commentator, warned on July 15 of the possibility of what he called a ?Weimar moment in our politics.? That expression refers… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute It often seems that the Bush administration is not a government, but rather a crime wave in perpetual session. Mr. Bush recently ordered former White House counsel Harriet Miers to defy a congressional subpoena to answer q… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute Several Senate Republicans have recently called for a US withdrawal from Iraq. Others, such Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, support a bill that would bring about that withdrawal by the end of next April. House Republican lead… more »

Conservative actor Ben Stein has fervently supported the Iraq war. In a recent essay, he describes an epiphany he had following a speech in Washington to a support group for families of soldiers who have fallen in Iraq: ?Why are we in Iraq? Most I… more »