Liberty Minute October 3 2013 A US citizen who jokes about assassinating the president or any other prominent official can expect to receive a visit from the Secret Service or the FBI. Even if the statement was an ill-advised act of whimsy, rather than… more »

LibertyMinute October 2 2013 The ongoing federal shutdown is neither catastrophic nor unprecedented. Similar budget impasses have occurred on more than a dozen occasions in relatively recent history, and they didn?t precipitate widespread hardship or… more »

LibertyMinute October 1 2013 Two men claiming to be police officers broke into the home of a Houston police officer. The resident opened fire on the invaders, driving them away but suffering a minor gunshot wound in the process. On average, more than… more »

Liberty Minute September 30 2013 Princeton historian Gary J. Bass points out that the Supreme Court of Bangladesh recently sentenced a former politician named Abdul Quader Mollah to death for war crimes committed during that country?s 1971 war for inde… more »

Liberty Minute September 27 2013 Columbia University professor Prahhjot Singh was beaten by a mob in New York City on September 21st. Like other Sikh men, Professor Singh ? who was born and raised in the United States and offers medical services in H… more »

Liberty Minute September 26 2013 One year has elapsed since Iranian-born U.S. citizen Saeed Abedini was arrested while visiting his native country on a mission trip. Last January, Pastor Saeed was sentenced to eight years in prison for undermining stat… more »

Liberty Minute September 25 2013 In June 2010, as an official in the Justice Department?s Office of Legal Counsel, David Barron signed a secret memorandum justifying the summary execution of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki through a drone strike in Yeme… more »

Liberty Minute September 24 2013 To be a Progressive is to believe that officially sanctioned coercion is the magic ingredient that makes government policies and institutions morally superior to private, voluntary association. Progressives treat the St… more »

Liberty Minute September 23 2013 In June 2011, police in Laguna Beach, California dispatched a SWAT team to raid the Rowland Heights home of Marilyn Injeyan, a 71-year-old retired schoolteacher. Her son, Vahan, was described as a ?person of interest? i… more »

Liberty Minute September 20 2013 A couple in Idaho Falls had a Saturday evening backyard barbecue to celebrate their daughter?s sixth birthday. A woman living more than a block away called police to complain about the noise, despite the fact that non… more »