Category: Liberty Minutes
Is It a Crime to Insult the Police?
by Will
Liberty Minute July 9 2014
Two years ago, police in the village of Arena, Wisconsin conducted a manhunt for two black males who were later accused of burglary. Comments posted to the department?s Facebook page complained about some of the tactics use… more »
The Road Pirates of Collinsville, Illinois
by Will
Liberty Minute July 8 2014
In December 2011, Ohio native Terrance Huff, a professional filmmaker, was waylaid near Collinsville, Illinois by a state-licensed brigand named Officer Michael Reichert. After concocting a reason to stop Huff, Reichert f… more »
Hobby Lobby vs. Cultural Totalitarianism
by Will
Liberty Minute July 7 2014
The federal government's claimed power to compel Christian employers to underwrite the purchase of abortion pills for their female employees is the only thing preventing the imposition of a totalitarian theocracy. At leas… more »
Commerce is Civilization; Government is Barbarism
by Will
Liberty Minute July 4 2014
According to Barney Frank, a former Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts, ?government is simply things we choose to do together.?
As it is used by the political class, the word ?government? tacitly encompasses e… more »
Yes, Obama is a Tyrant, Just Like His Predecessor
by Will
Liberty Minute July 2 2014
In the heat of a testy exchange with a hostile journalist, the White House press spokesman insisted that ?Congress ... does not have constitutional oversight responsibility over the White House.?
This patently un… more »
Police Impunity and Perverse P.C. Priorities
by Will
Liberty Minute July 1 2014
Seventeen years ago, Los Angeles resident Frank Lyga shot and killed a black man during a roadside confrontation. The incident grew out of an episode of road rage, and Lyga was not prosecuted for criminal homicide.
This act… more »
"No Refusal"? Our Forefathers Would have Drawn Blood Over This!
by Will
Liberty Minute June 30 2014
During the mid-1980s, a state radio broadcast in East Germany proudly announced a record-breaking national blood drive. In the audio equivalent of fine print could be found the critical, defining detail: ?Most of the don… more »
Unless SWAT Teams Can Burn Babies, The Terrorists Will Get You!
by Will
Liberty Minute June 27 2014
As Iraq descends into sectarian civil war, familiar fright-peddlers from Dick Cheney to Lindsey Graham are depicting the Sunni insurgency, known as ISIS, as a potentially lethal threat to our sacred Homeland.
Not surprising… more »
Don't Expect Police to Protect You; That's Not Their Job
by Will
Liberty Minute June 25 2014
Kuna, Idaho resident Tricia Gillaspy and her husband awoke early on June 22 to find a naked stranger in their bedroom. Mr. Gillaspy grabbed a gun and ordered him from the home while his wife dialed 911. The uninvited visitor… more »
"Public Authority," Drone Murders, and the Death of the Rule of Law
by Will
Liberty Minute June 24 2014
In America, wrote Thomas Paine, ?the law is king.? In a totalitarian state, Vladimir Lenin wrote more than a century later, rulers exercise ?power without limit, resting directly on force, restrained by no laws.?
Le… more »