Manchester, the Queen City
The first time I visited Manchester, the largest city in New Hampshire (pop. 110,000), was back in 2006 when hubby and I came up from NYC to attend our first PorcFest, which you should do too! It was a Sunday, it was dreary out, and Elm Street, the main downtown drag,...
The Porcupine Freedom Festival, an Origin Story
There is something magical about campfires isn’t there? Throughout history, some of the greatest ideas, movements and friendships have started around campfires.
A few weeks ago, I was cleaning out a box of old paperwork when I found something surprising and timely, considering that FSP had just announced the week before that the move had been triggered. An old, forgotten notepad on which I had jotted handwritten notes taken at the very first meeting, in late 2002, of the “Welcome to the Granite State Committee” formed by three members of LPNH: Rich Tomasso, George Reich, and me. Our stated goal for the committee was to promote New Hampshire as the best state for FSP members to choose. We were all members of FSP, and were committed to moving if another state was selected, but we passionately believed NH was the best choice.
Pine Tree Riot: A History of Rebellion
Today is the anniversary of Weare’s Pine Tree Riot of 1772, which took place 17 months before the Boston Tea Party and three years before “The Shot Heard Round the World.”
You can read more of the history here, but the gist is the British Crown overreached by mandating that New Hampshire white pine trees of a certain size remained the property of the King of England. You see, England had a navy and these ships needed masts. England had also greatly deforested its lands by now, so, like good overlords, decided to steal stuff they needed to invade and kill and wage war from the colonialists who were trying to get away from it all.
The Free State Project Joins Class Action Suit Against IRS
Today, the Free State Project announced that it has joined a class action lawsuit against the IRS for illegally targeting libertarian-leaning nonprofit organizations seeking tax-exempt status. Last week, after a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the...
WSJ Opinion: Can Libertarians Hijack New Hampshire?
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Member Mary Kissel does a short (3min) interview of Associate Editorial Features Editor Kyle Peterson for the WSJ Opinion Journal on MSN News about his recent coverage of the Free State Project's Liberty Forum in Manchester, New...