In response to my previous entry, Tony pointed out my preposterous, if not confusing, statement:

"I'm not shocked that fewer than half of the Denver MSA's 2 Million residents attended this event." (Note: MSA means Metropolitan Statistical Area)

He replies, "This seems to say that although you were not shocked at the number who attended, you had ( Read more... )

The Free State Project had a table at the Faith and Liberty Conference in Denver, CO last Saturday, July 24th, 2010. The Faith and Liberty Conference brought together people who have adopted that seemingly rare (these days) combination of Christian theology and libertarian political philosophy. Chuck Baldwin and Alan Keyes were the keynote ( Read more... )

Being the President of the Free State Project, I have a bit of a different take on this year's New Hampshire Liberty Forum. On the one hand, I love the event for its effectiveness at attracting new participants to the Free State Project. Showcasing the potential of New Hampshire to lead the world in practical application of the philosophy of ( Read more... )

Video of the opening ceremony from the Free State Project's 2009 New Hampshire Liberty Forum is now available. Watch it here: http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/03/12/new-hampshire-liberty-forum-2009/It includes opening remarks from event organizer Chris Lawless, "God Bless America" sung by Holly Alexander (wow!), and a report from the Campaign ( Read more... )

This is the speech I delivered at the opening ceremony for the Free State Project's 2009 New Hampshire Liberty Forum this past weekend in Nashua, New Hampshire ( Read more... )

A Christian libertarian friend of mine passed this article on to me today. It's outstanding:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article5400568.eceThe whole article is worth reading, but this paragraph was particularly excellent ( Read more... )

My friends are libertarians.

I knew I had a lot of libertarian friends, but until today, I couldn't have given you any statistics. Thanks to the Advocates for Self Government and their Facebook application, now I not only know my own score, but the scores of all of my friends who have taken the quiz. I have 100 friends on Facebook and 32 of them ( Read more... )

I'm on my way home now from the Republican National Convention. I spent the last two days there and was able to watch in person as both Sarah Palin and John McCain gave their acceptance speeches ( Read more... )