Mark Warden on Freedom’s Phoenix
Mark Warden is an early mover from Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a former NH state legislator and the man behind Porcupine Real Estate. He recently chatted with Freedom Phoenix's Ernest Hancock about the Free State Project, Liberty Forum 2015, the Porcupine Freedom...
Why Paternalism Is Undesirable
Paternalism means forcing someone to do something, or not to do something, for that person's own good. For instance, a vigilante paternalist might go around slapping cigarettes out of people's hands. The government often engages in paternalism to deny adults the right...
Is Doing Good for Others an Enforceable Moral Duty?
Let's assume that we have a moral duty to help others from time to time, at least when it is not too costly for us to do so. That's what I really believe. Now, is such a moral duty enforceable? Is it OK to use coercion to make someone do good for others? Not usually,...
FSP Founder Jason Sorens on Liberty
The Dartmouth Review recently published a conversation about the Free State Project and liberty in New Hampshire with Jason Sorens, the project's founder. In it, Sorens says: "I was raised in a strongly religious right household. So, as a teenager, I wanted to ban...
7 Tips for a Wicked Awesome Winter
You can thrive in New Hampshire’s winter weather! There is no better place on Earth to make real, lifetime, meaningful friends than as part of the Free State Project community. Liberty warms the cockles of our aching, over-achieving, dreamer, doer hearts.