June 25, 2026 at 10:41AM
RT @PorcFest: 🏔️ THURSDAY AT PORCFEST — head NORTH for NORTHFEST! 🏔️Come up to The 'Pine in Lancaster and spend the day with the North Co…
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RT @PorcFest: 🏔️ THURSDAY AT PORCFEST — head NORTH for NORTHFEST! 🏔️Come up to The 'Pine in Lancaster and spend the day with the North Co…
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RT @PorcFest: 🏔️ THURSDAY AT PORCFEST — head NORTH for NORTHFEST! 🏔️
Come up to The 'Pine in Lancaster and spend the day with the North Co…
Come up to The 'Pine in Lancaster and spend the day with the North Co…
June 25, 2026 at 06:58PM
RT @PorcFest: 🎥 More PorcFest adventures incoming! 📸 Tag us in your best photos & videos from this year’s Spontaneous Order — the vibes, t…
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June 25, 2026 at 06:58PM
RT @chrislopez2004: I've got my @PorcFest swag! How about you? Only available in Manchester at the Quill on Amory! https://t.co/8fF8SDV6dL
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RT @chrislopez2004: I've got my @PorcFest swag! How about you? Only available in Manchester at the Quill on Amory! https://t.co/8fF8SDV6dL
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RT @chrislopez2004: I've got my @PorcFest swag! How about you? Only available in Manchester at the Quill on Amory!
June 26, 2026 at 08:56AM
RT @HughNampshire: Ten years ago I moved to NH as part of the free state project. This sunrise was how I began my first day of my first Po…
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RT @HughNampshire: Ten years ago I moved to NH as part of the free state project. This sunrise was how I began my first day of my first Po…
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RT @HughNampshire: Ten years ago I moved to NH as part of the free state project. This sunrise was how I began my first day of my first Po…
June 26, 2026 at 08:57AM
RT @PorcFest: 🏔️ GET READY FOR FRIDAY AT PORCFEST — NORTHFEST keeps the North Country buzzing! 🏔️Another full day with the North Country P…
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RT @PorcFest: 🏔️ GET READY FOR FRIDAY AT PORCFEST — NORTHFEST keeps the North Country buzzing! 🏔️
Another full day with the North Country P…
Another full day with the North Country P…
June 26, 2026 at 02:22PM
RT @PorcFest: 🎶 Don’t miss the fantastic Free State Acoustics live at The Pine today at 2:30 PM!These crowd-favorites are bringing their s…
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RT @PorcFest: 🎶 Don’t miss the fantastic Free State Acoustics live at The Pine today at 2:30 PM!These crowd-favorites are bringing their s…
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RT @PorcFest: 🎶 Don’t miss the fantastic Free State Acoustics live at The Pine today at 2:30 PM!
These crowd-favorites are bringing their s…
These crowd-favorites are bringing their s…
June 26, 2026 at 08:01PM
RT @EricBrakey: “Remarkably, not a single person checked their cellphone during a three-hour ‘Dialogue on Liberty and Virtue’ hosted by the…
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Free State Stoics Marry Philosophy with Libertarian Views
June 26, 2026 at 11:50AM
By KATHARINE WEBSTER, InDepthNH.orgWEARE, N.H. – Remarkably, not a single person checked their cellphone during a three-hour “Dialogue on Liberty and Virtue” hosted by the Free State Stoics in Weare on Tuesday.Instead, they passed around books about stoicism, encouraged journaling for goal-setting and self-reflection, and discussed how to incorporate the virtues promoted by stoicism – temperance, wisdom, justice and courage – with libertarian political philosophy, which they summarized as “Don’t hurt people and don’t take their stuff.”“Libertarianism is a very big umbrella, not a complete philosophy for life,” said Eric Brakey, executive director of the Free State Project, a nonprofit that aims to persuade 20,000 “liberty-minded” people to move to New Hampshire and influence both state and local governments and laws.Brakey, who led the discussion, said that he studies and practices both stoicism and Taoism, which build on the libertarian principles of non-aggression, minimal government, personal freedom and property rights to help people “live a good life.”The discussion of stoicism was part of the Porcupine Freedom Festival – PorcFest for short – an annual, week-long gathering of libertarians hosted by the Free State Project that has attracted as many as 2,000 people in years past to a campground in the White Mountains. Many of those who attend are considering a move to New Hampshire. The event has also been a big fundraiser for the Free State Project.But this year’s festival is a much more modest affair, after PorcFest outgrew the campground in Lancaster and failing to find another venue to host an event featuring open carry of firearms, open use of marijuana and psychedelics, sales booths for small businesses, and an area for nudists.PorcFest 2026 includes 10 mini-festivals and events scattered across the state, ranging from “ManCamp,” where people can learn chicken and hog butchering and blacksmithing, to candidate workshops, rucking, music, discussions about cryptocurrency and family activities.MediaA pine tree flag, a symbol of the American Revolution adopted by many Free Staters is pictured on the lawn at Wearehouse. KATHARINE WEBSTER photoWhy Libertarianism and Stoicism?Although the Free State Stoics discussion was small, it did attract people who are considering moving to New Hampshire from Florida, the Midwest and Maine. Some have come to PorcFest for several years running.It also demonstrated how large an umbrella the Free State Project has become. While virtually all of the Free Staters in the state legislature – including House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, who announced his campaign to become House Speaker earlier this week – are Republicans, the non-politicians range from self-described anarchists, anti-racists and atheists to anti-communists, conservatives and Christians.Elliot Boutin, an Air Force veteran from Vermont who attended the University of New Hampshire, said he learned about the Free State Project after he joined Young Americans for Liberty, a libertarian-conservative youth organization whose standard-bearer at UNH was Rep. Sam Farrington, R-Rochester. Farrington’s signature issue this year was a “campus carry” bill that would permit students to bring guns onto the state’s public college campuses.Boutin said his libertarian beliefs are grounded in his study of the U.S. Constitution and Vermont’s history during the Revolutionary War. And he came to stoicism after growing up in a “very splintered family,” with one “get stuff done” parent and another “very emotional” parent.“I’m very anti-communist, and communists want you to be as emotional as possible,” he told the group. “I trained my mind to look for logic. Over time, libertarianism and the non-aggression principle make the most sense and bring prosperity, [and] stoicism is the backbone to enforce that philosophy. … If you can control your emotion, you’re far less likely to do bad things to people.”Zoë Bode, who…
June 26, 2026 at 11:50AM
By KATHARINE WEBSTER, InDepthNH.orgWEARE, N.H. – Remarkably, not a single person checked their cellphone during a three-hour “Dialogue on Liberty and Virtue” hosted by the Free State Stoics in Weare on Tuesday.Instead, they passed around books about stoicism, encouraged journaling for goal-setting and self-reflection, and discussed how to incorporate the virtues promoted by stoicism – temperance, wisdom, justice and courage – with libertarian political philosophy, which they summarized as “Don’t hurt people and don’t take their stuff.”“Libertarianism is a very big umbrella, not a complete philosophy for life,” said Eric Brakey, executive director of the Free State Project, a nonprofit that aims to persuade 20,000 “liberty-minded” people to move to New Hampshire and influence both state and local governments and laws.Brakey, who led the discussion, said that he studies and practices both stoicism and Taoism, which build on the libertarian principles of non-aggression, minimal government, personal freedom and property rights to help people “live a good life.”The discussion of stoicism was part of the Porcupine Freedom Festival – PorcFest for short – an annual, week-long gathering of libertarians hosted by the Free State Project that has attracted as many as 2,000 people in years past to a campground in the White Mountains. Many of those who attend are considering a move to New Hampshire. The event has also been a big fundraiser for the Free State Project.But this year’s festival is a much more modest affair, after PorcFest outgrew the campground in Lancaster and failing to find another venue to host an event featuring open carry of firearms, open use of marijuana and psychedelics, sales booths for small businesses, and an area for nudists.PorcFest 2026 includes 10 mini-festivals and events scattered across the state, ranging from “ManCamp,” where people can learn chicken and hog butchering and blacksmithing, to candidate workshops, rucking, music, discussions about cryptocurrency and family activities.MediaA pine tree flag, a symbol of the American Revolution adopted by many Free Staters is pictured on the lawn at Wearehouse. KATHARINE WEBSTER photoWhy Libertarianism and Stoicism?Although the Free State Stoics discussion was small, it did attract people who are considering moving to New Hampshire from Florida, the Midwest and Maine. Some have come to PorcFest for several years running.It also demonstrated how large an umbrella the Free State Project has become. While virtually all of the Free Staters in the state legislature – including House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, who announced his campaign to become House Speaker earlier this week – are Republicans, the non-politicians range from self-described anarchists, anti-racists and atheists to anti-communists, conservatives and Christians.Elliot Boutin, an Air Force veteran from Vermont who attended the University of New Hampshire, said he learned about the Free State Project after he joined Young Americans for Liberty, a libertarian-conservative youth organization whose standard-bearer at UNH was Rep. Sam Farrington, R-Rochester. Farrington’s signature issue this year was a “campus carry” bill that would permit students to bring guns onto the state’s public college campuses.Boutin said his libertarian beliefs are grounded in his study of the U.S. Constitution and Vermont’s history during the Revolutionary War. And he came to stoicism after growing up in a “very splintered family,” with one “get stuff done” parent and another “very emotional” parent.“I’m very anti-communist, and communists want you to be as emotional as possible,” he told the group. “I trained my mind to look for logic. Over time, libertarianism and the non-aggression principle make the most sense and bring prosperity, [and] stoicism is the backbone to enforce that philosophy. … If you can control your emotion, you’re far less likely to do bad things to people.”Zoë Bode, who…
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Free State Stoics Marry Philosophy with Libertarian Views
Remarkably, not a single person checked their cellphone during a three-hour “Dialogue on Liberty and Virtue” hosted by the Free State Stoics in Weare on Tuesday.
June 26, 2026 at 08:54PM
RT @PorcFest: A cute keepsake for this year’s festival! Get yours today! https://t.co/LSWrIOJJYI
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RT @PorcFest: A cute keepsake for this year’s festival! Get yours today! https://t.co/LSWrIOJJYI
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RT @PorcFest: A cute keepsake for this year’s festival! Get yours today!
June 26, 2026 at 10:39PM
RT @PorcFest: 🐷 From field to fire, the whole week builds to one thing. Wednesday: pig gutting. Friday: de-boning. Saturday at 6 PM: the Pi…
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RT @PorcFest: 🐷 From field to fire, the whole week builds to one thing. Wednesday: pig gutting. Friday: de-boning. Saturday at 6 PM: the Pi…
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RT @PorcFest: 🐷 From field to fire, the whole week builds to one thing. Wednesday: pig gutting. Friday: de-boning. Saturday at 6 PM: the Pi…
June 27, 2026 at 06:05AM
RT @EricBrakey: Thank you to all who participated in Friday’s Free State Theatre play reading of Joseph Addison’s “Cato” — as part of Quill…
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RT @EricBrakey: Thank you to all who participated in Friday’s Free State Theatre play reading of Joseph Addison’s “Cato” — as part of Quill…
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RT @EricBrakey: Thank you to all who participated in Friday’s Free State Theatre play reading of Joseph Addison’s “Cato” — as part of Quill…
June 27, 2026 at 06:06AM
RT @PorcFest: 🐖 SATURDAY AT PORCFEST — it’s PIG ROAST DAY at the Domes 6PM! 🐖All week long Mancamp has been prepping, and now it’s time t…
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RT @PorcFest: 🐖 SATURDAY AT PORCFEST — it’s PIG ROAST DAY at the Domes 6PM! 🐖All week long Mancamp has been prepping, and now it’s time t…
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RT @PorcFest: 🐖 SATURDAY AT PORCFEST — it’s PIG ROAST DAY at the Domes 6PM! 🐖
All week long Mancamp has been prepping, and now it’s time t…
All week long Mancamp has been prepping, and now it’s time t…
June 27, 2026 at 08:05AM
RT @EricBrakey: Seeing a handful of these signs across the state of NH this week has helped convince many visitors for @PorcFest that @Free…
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RT @EricBrakey: Seeing a handful of these signs across the state of NH this week has helped convince many visitors for @PorcFest that @Free…
June 27, 2026 at 09:59AM
RT @PorcFest: 🐖 SATURDAY AT PORCFEST — it’s PIG ROAST DAY at the Domes 6PM! 🐖All week long Mancamp has been prepping, and now it’s time t…
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RT @PorcFest: 🐖 SATURDAY AT PORCFEST — it’s PIG ROAST DAY at the Domes 6PM! 🐖All week long Mancamp has been prepping, and now it’s time t…
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RT @PorcFest: 🐖 SATURDAY AT PORCFEST — it’s PIG ROAST DAY at the Domes 6PM! 🐖
All week long Mancamp has been prepping, and now it’s time t…
All week long Mancamp has been prepping, and now it’s time t…
June 27, 2026 at 10:40AM
RT @TheDesertLynx: New Hampshire has the very highest level of representation of any state in the whole US.With a governor, 5-person Exec…
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RT @TheDesertLynx: New Hampshire has the very highest level of representation of any state in the whole US.With a governor, 5-person Exec…
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RT @TheDesertLynx: New Hampshire has the very highest level of representation of any state in the whole US.
With a governor, 5-person Exec…
With a governor, 5-person Exec…