LibertyMinute January 29 2014   A crime is an act of conscious aggression against the person or property of another individual. An act that doesn't inflict a demonstrable injury is not a crime. Very few of the acts or omissions criminalized by the gov… more »

Liberty Minute January 28 2014  Buried beneath the tabloid-bait aspects of Justin Bieber's recent arrest is an illustration of the absurd ease with which police can turn harmless behavior into a criminal offense.  In addition to a DUI count and rela… more »

Liberty Minute January 27 2014  Like too many of their rivals on the Right, many on the Progressive Left hate their opponents more than they love individual liberty.  Princeton historian Sean Wilentz produced a museum-quality exhibit of that mindset… more »

Liberty Minute January 24 2014  Kang Wong is an 84-year-old New York resident who doesn't understand English. Late in the afternoon on January 19, Wong was crossing the street when a police officer, believing the elderly man was jaywalking, ordered hi… more »

Liberty Minute January 23 2014  The United States of America was founded as a commercial republic. Since the end of World War II our country has metastasized into an empire ? a process that may have entered its terminal phase after 9-11. Over the pa… more »

Liberty Minute January 22 2014 Redondo Beach, California resident David Perdue was nearly murdered by police on the way to the beach last February 7. Torrance Police Officer Brian McGee rammed his vehicle into Perdue?s truck and opened fire on the dr… more »

LibertyMinute January 21 2014  Under totalitarian regimes like those that afflictedEast Germanyand Communist Cuba, citizens were expected and required to inform on each other. Too many Americans have embraced this mindset and eagerly look for excuses… more »

LibertyMinute January 20 2014 InCalifornia, a veteran actress named Maria Conchita Alonso was fired from a theater production after she made an advertisement endorsing a Tea Party-backed conservative candidate for governor. This decision wasn't made on… more »

Liberty Minute January 17 2014 Some of Edward Snowden?s detractors criticized the NSA whistleblower for fleeing into exile, rather than facing trial for disclosing the agency?s illegal activities. One persistent theme in such criticism is that Snow… more »

LibertyMinute January 16 2014 On January 14, the PBS program Frontline aired a documentary entitled The Secret State of North Korea Among the scenes captured in that documentary are two encounters between women and police. In the first confrontation,… more »