Free State Project Archives

MACDONALD: Is Liberty Winning in NH?

August 9, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Democrats always tell you or show you what they fear, and by fear, I mean the things that represent the biggest threat to big, inefficient tax-and-spend governments. If it looks like the thing could undermine their progressive Democrat-Socialist agenda, it becomes a target. Donald Trump and MAGA have, for more than ten years, been a … Read more

MACDONALD: NH Dems vs “Free Staters”

April 23, 2026April 23, 2026 Steve MacDonald

My arrival in the Granite State predates the Free State Project, but from time to time, I’ve been included as an accomplice. Ideologically, it makes sense. We agree on most things, and the details come down to how much or how little government. As a keeper of the flame of our founding principles, I am … Read more

TYSON: Mill, Spooner, and Nock Would Have Defended the Free State Project

March 10, 2026 Kevin P. Tyson

And So Should You, Whether You Agree With It or Not Last week, roughly a hundred protesters gathered at the New Hampshire State House to denounce the Free State Project. Their complaints were familiar: the FSP is “radical,” its participants are outsiders bent on “dismantling” public education, and their influence on state politics is illegitimate. … Read more

OPINION: No, FreeStaters Are Not The Political-Heirs To Thomas Jefferson

November 11, 2025 New Hampshire’s Iron Marshal

Last week, New Hampshire’s “Free State Project” claimed to be the political heirs to Thomas Jefferson. Jason Sorens, the leader of the “Free State Project,” apparently believes that the “founding fathers” shared the same political philosophy. Aside from agreeing on independence, however, the “founding fathers” actually had very different political philosophies. George Washington and Alexander … Read more

MacDonald: Talk About An Out-of-Stater Trying to Change New Hampshire…

July 29, 2025 Steve MacDonald

The Dietsch “I Don’t Know Sh!t About the FSP” Tour Lands in The Lakes Region The tag line at the end of the Farmer’s Insurance Ads with JK Simmons is ‘We know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two.” Former State Senator Jeanne Dietsch has been on a tour of sorts, … Read more

Underwood: Why is Jeanne Dietsch so afraid of the FSP?

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 Ian Underwood

I just finished watching a little scare session conducted by former NH state senator Jeanne Dietsch, which you can find here. I should start by saying that, in my experience, when NH residents actually talk to Free Staters to find out what they believe, more often than not, they end up realizing that those beliefs … Read more

Who Let Them Run Our Elections?

November 6, 2022 Op-Ed

When was it? I’d like to know. When did the populous decide that the beliefs of one side of a political spectrum became the “science.” In what universe did the Democrats become the arbiter of what should be considered reasonable?

Free Staters Cannot Be Lumped Together in One Category

June 19, 2022 Op-Ed

Regarding the recent letter by Rep. Mike Bordes: Oh, come on, Mike! Libertarians represent more like what the Republican Party used to be back in the day than the current real RINOS who don’t stand for freedom and fiscal responsibility and our state and country constitutions.

He’s Not Wrong, You Know: Ian Freeman

June 8, 2022June 7, 2022 Skip

Let’s be clear from the outset: while I can be friendly with Ian, I hate his stances. I know that GraniteGrok is the most favorable of all NH media to the Free State Project (another notch as to why uber-Progressive/Socialist Zandra Rice-Hawkins detests me and the ‘Grok – I’ll take it!) on the duo purposes … Read more

Announcing “The Progressive State Project” – Find ‘Your’ Forever Home

September 29, 2021 Op-Ed

New Hampshire progressives have been complaining recently (and loudly) about all the successful “liberty” initiatives in New Hampshire. The problem, as they see it, is that New Hampshire has taken a hard turn right!

Laconia Mayor Hosmer cavorting with the highly Progressive Kent Street Coalition? Non-Partisan, is he? Ha!

September 12, 2021

I found the Tuesday editorial here in the Daily Sun regarding the upcoming “series of special events designed to bring the community together” featuring, among others, Mayor Hosmer, to be quite rich.

Come Make History with Thousands of Free Staters!

November 30, 2021April 6, 2021 Op-Ed

For over a year, governments all over the world have been standing in the way of free people in unprecedented ways. As a libertarian, it’s felt quite lonely at times, hasn’t it? Well, let me lift you up with some good news that will help you feel less isolated. In New Hampshire, liberty activists have been working hard and pushing back with over 40 bills to curb the government’s power.

Independence Day – Observed

July 6, 2020 Rick Notkin

We just passed July 4th, what most people the world over consider American Independence Day. (That’s independence from the British Crown, for those currently in public school.)

Hate and Intolerance in New Boston

August 29, 2025March 1, 2020 Op-Ed

What I saw last Thursday was a lesson in hate and intolerance of people in their community that have different ideas. As I said when I spoke, I am not a Free Stater, but I know what it’s like to live in a state where my wife and I finally said: “We have to get out of here.”

Union Leader takes Aim at Free Staters

November 17, 2019 Kimberly Morin

The Manchester Police Department is not a fan of the Free State Project, and has not kept it a secret. More often than not, the Free Staters have been known to ‘best’ the MPD in Court for violation of their rights. MPD now asks all applicants “are you now, or have you ever been a … Read more

Anarchists and Leftists Share a Common Blind Spot – Ignoring Human Nature

February 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

This is not the first time I’ve broached this topic and baby it won’t be the last. And not just because I live in the Free State of New Hampshire. The one the Free State Project anointed for the Libertarian invasion. The movement to encourage Americans to pack up and emigrate to the Granite State. At least a … Read more

The Best and Worst Things New Hampshire Could Import

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Op-Ed

by Rodger Paxton Of all the things New Hampshire could import – oil, clothing, pug slippers for your pug – perhaps the two that will have the most long-term impact on our state would be ideas and people. If you’re like me, you can feel our state is at a crossroads – a radical turn … Read more

The World’s Red Tide and How to Keep It Out of New Hampshire

January 13, 2019 Op-Ed

BY Rodger Paxton Even though some research studies make you say “We knew that already!”, our side can use them as indisputable evidence against the horrors of big government. Living under communism makes countries poorer and less healthy for decades, according to a recent landmark study. Researchers testing historical connections between cultures found that whether a … Read more

The Free State Project in New Hampshire: Eager beavers fight it out with eager socialists…

September 26, 2018May 26, 2013

Oh_No_Guns_White — The quote above should read “Oh No! Freestaters!” Heh…

State Rep. Cynthia Chase made herself famous not that long ago when she wrote “In the opinion of this Democrat, Free Staters are the single biggest threat” to achieving socialism in New Hampshire. Well…she didn’t actually say “achieving socialism.” I just added that to make her thought process clearer (after all, she’s a recent import from Rhode Island). But as each day goes by, it appears her problems with diversity in New Hampshire seem to be increasing. This report comes from Fox News yesterday:

Robin Hoods vs. Parking Enforcement Officers!

September 26, 2018May 23, 2013

EEEK!!! Free State Project Parking meter coins! — EEEK!!! FSP parking meter coins!!!

Robin Hoods win.

Heh: The Free State Project’s “Keeniacs” are at it again. It seems that a bunch of libertarians down in Keene have become modern-day Robin Hoods. They roam Keene searching for cars where parking meters are about to expire…and then pop in some more coins. Great fun! (And, not incidentally, less money for the state/county/town or whatever level of government sucks up the parking ticket dough…which is a good thing. They also…