News Archives – 2002

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January 13th, 2002

Are you a Free State Project member and a business owner? If so, let us know, and we will put a link to your business' website in a special section in our links page . And no, you don't have to put a link to us on your business's homepage. ;-)

January 16th, 2002

As you can see, the website has undergone another major overhaul. If any links are broken or there are any problems with any files or images, please email Jason Sorens to let him know. Everything on this site should be working.

January 17th, 2002

The Free State Project Organizing Council has chosen Christopher Williams of Washington to fill the spot on the Organizing Council vacated by Dennis Zachman. See the About Us section for more information about Chris.

January 28th, 2002

On the afternoon of February 2nd, Free State Project Organizing Council member Elizabeth McKinstry will be speaking at the Florida Libertarian Party convention. The Free State Project will also have an information table throughout the convention. Please stop by if you will be there!

January 29th, 2002

The State Data section has been significantly updated, with new variables and a ranking of the states along each variable for ease of comparison.

February 1st, 2002

The State Data section now contains a little program that allows you to vote for which state you think the FSP should move to. The program uses Cumulative Count: it gives each voter 10 points, which he may distribute among the 11 states on offer however he chooses. This program is intended as a way to familiarize FSP members and prospectives with the way Cumulative Count works. ??? Click here to try it out for yourself.

February 5th, 2002

Elizabeth McKinstry has returned from the Florida Libertarian Party convention with the following report:

"Summary: My speech was well received, and generated a number of questions and discussions. I strongly recommend we continue with the strategy of speaking at state LP conventions, not only for recruitment purposes, but for the extraordinary networking opportunities.

"Special Thanks: To Jim Kearney and his sons who helped distribute materials, spread the word about the FSP with unflagging enthusiasm, and helped give me needed moral support in a place where I knew no-one. To Doug Kippel, who invited the FSP originally and was welcoming and friendly even though he had a million things to do. To Jim and Trish Sculpin, who sought me out to say hello after having discussed some details with Jason, and invited me to dinner for a great time!

"Details: I was told I would have 15 min to speak with 15 min for questions sometime on the afternoon of 2/2. Unfortunately, I thought, the agenda went over and I was bumped to after dinner, before the keynote speaker. As it turns out, this timing was perfect - people were relaxed, I didn't have to follow another speaker so I had everyone's attention, and I had extra time to rehearse and rewrite based on the conversations I had all day with the conference attendees. (I will post a typed version in a day or two.) The speech went very well - response was generally enthusiastic and positive. A few naysayers saw the project as competing with LP goals, which in some small sense is true, but I minimized that and emphasized the benefits for everyone in having a free society to point to as an example in the real world of how liberty works. I also emphasized the umbrella nature of our project - it is not only for big L and small l libertarians, it is for people all along the political spectrum who respect freedom. Biggest sticking points: many people want to know what state up front, and many see the scale as unrealistic. I think I addressed these issues satisfactorily, but we should be aware that those 2 questions added up to probably 80% of all questions asked."

February 9th, 2002

We've just discovered that the online form that allows you to sign up for the Free State Project has been broken for a few days. We've fixed the problem, and you can access the new form on the Join page .

February 10th, 2002

Robert Vroman will be speaking about the Free State Project on April 6th at the Kentucky Libertarian Party convention. We will also have an information table there. If you're an FSP participant or prospective participant, please feel free to stop by and offer your moral support!

February 13th, 2002

The Free State Project now has an e-gold account , account number 479789. The State Data page has been updated with a gun control variable.

February 20th, 2002

Steve Cobb, one of the organizing members of the FSP, has written a thought-provoking essay on "Freedom of Association and Counter-Parasitism" . How does the Prisoner's Dilemma of game theory relate to the Free State Project? Click the link above to find out! We've also changed over the old documents section into an articles section , which contains online essays about the Free State Project written both by FSP members and by non-members.

February 22nd, 2002

A new events section lists upcoming Libertarian conventions at which the Free State Project will have presenters. The events section will remain linked from this news page.

March 5th, 2002

On Friday Walter Williams mentioned the Free State Project on the Rush Limbaugh radio program. We contacted Dr. Williams a few months ago to let him know about the FSP, since his essays have helped to inspire the idea; it's good to see that the word is getting around! Speaking of word getting around, the FSP membership has increased rapidly since February 9th, averaging four new signers per day. Due to frequent requests, a running total of the membership can now be found on the left hand side of the main page . We caution readers that the tally is likely to fall behind frequently, as we don't yet have a way of updating the number each time someone signs up. Finally, the LP News has done a short piece on the FSP; you can find it in the "News Briefs" section of the latest issue; a link has been added to the articles section .

March 15th, 2002

The Frequently Asked Questions , events , and state data pages have been updated. The latest version of the FAQ has been imported into Adobe Acrobat format for easy printing.

March 30th, 2002

A new essay by Steve Cobb entitled "The First Dimension of Association" has been posted in the articles section. Elizabeth McKinstry recently returned from the Illinois Libertarian Party convention and reported it a success! Be sure to catch Robert Vroman's address to the Kentucky Libertarian Party on April 6. Finally, the Free State Project has incorporated as a nonprofit in the state of Nevada. This status will allow us to apply for federal tax exempt status, which would allow donations to be tax-deductible, and to obtain a bank account. On April 2 the Board of Directors will hold its first meeting, elect officers, and adopt corporate bylaws.

April 4th, 2002

A new essay by Jason P. Sorens entitled "The Foreign Policy Implications of a Free State" has been posted in the articles section. The events section has been updated. The Board of Directors meeting scheduled for April 2 was postponed to this Saturday, April 6.

April 6th, 2002

The Board of Directors of the Free State Project, Inc. met today. The Board enacted corporate bylaws and elected officers. To avoid confusion, the old "bylaws" (really the rules for participating in the Free State Project) have been renamed participation guidelines . To register as a participant in the Free State Project, you still need only read the Statement of Intent and these Participation Guidelines. If you'd like to participate in future Board meetings as an observer, you'll want to join the freestateproject e-mail discussion group , where new meetings are set up and announced. You can see the list of Directors and Officers in the About Us section.

April 9th, 2002

Jason Sorens will be appearing for a second time on Brian Wilson's San Francisco radio program. The interview should last from about 7:15 to 7:35 PM Pacific time on Thursday, April 11.

April 12th, 2002

We have obtained permission from Claire Wolfe to archive her article on the Free State Project for The Sierra Times on our website. Click here to read it now .

April 15th, 2002

A new cumulative count practice poll has been set up. This one includes all 16 states that the Free State Project is considering for the move. To cast your vote, ??? click here .

April 26th, 2002

Jason Sorens' appearance at the Manhattan Libertarian Party meeting has been postponed from May 8 to May 15. See the events page for more information.

April 27th, 2002

At a Board of Directors meeting today it was decided to set up 3 committees for the Free State Project. If you would like to participate in one of these committees, please send an email to the appropriate person indicated below. In your email, include a paragraph on a suggestion or "bright idea" that you have for the activity of the relevant committee. For example, for the Publicity Committee you could submit a proposal for a poster or ad campaign; for the Research Committee you could submit your thoughts on a particular variable or variables of interest and how they should be treated in an analysis. For the Finance Committee, which is smaller, you should indicate instead your experience in accounting, financial planning, or business management. Here are descriptions of the committees and how they work:

Publicity Committee
Mandate: Prioritizing, designing, and carrying out publicity campaigns in consultation with the Finance Committee (advertising, posters, speaking engagements, radio interviews, bumper stickers, t-shirts, graphic design for website, etc.)
Chairman: Elizabeth McKinstry (email her at emckinstry@freestateproject.org if you are interested in participating)
Members: 10
Quorum: 5
Voting: Majority rule; three-fourths vote of quorum meeting required to remove committee member
Meetings: Announced by Chairman with at least one week's notice; meetings take place through Yahoo! Messenger conferencing - click here to download

Research Committee
Mandate: Designing state ballot for vote of membership, commissioning state research papers, designing presentation of comparative state data to membership in such a way that they are able to make an informed decision when it is time to vote
Chairman: to be determined (email Jason Sorens at jsorens@freestateproject.org if you are interested in participating)
Members: 10
Quorum: 5
Voting: Majority rule; three-fourths vote of quorum meeting required to remove committee member
Meetings: Announced by Chairman with at least one week's notice; meetings take place through Yahoo! Messenger conferencing - click here to download

Finance Committee
Mandate: Setting budget in consultation with Publicity Committee, authorizing payments, raising funds
Chairman: Debra Ricketts (email her at dricketts@freestateproject.org if you are interested in participating)
Members: 8
Quorum: 4
Voting: Majority rule; three-fourths vote of quorum meeting required to remove committee member
Meetings: Announced by Chairman with at least one week's notice; meetings take place through Yahoo! Messenger conferencing - click here to download

At the meeting the Board of Directors also decided to change the participation guidelines slightly, removing the sentence, "Participants shall concentrate their efforts in a single political party, whose goal shall be majority control of the state legislature and the governorship." This statement could have jeopardized Free State Project tax-exempt status by giving the impression that our goals are oriented toward elections and legislation. (In fact, the goal of the Free State Project is solely to help like-minded people to move to a single state; after this happens, other organizations will take over with whatever political activism should arise.) The sentence also pre-judged the future political strategy of Free State Project participants when they enter the political realm and was thus thought too restrictive. All those who have signed the Statement of Intent before this change are now given the opportunity to withdraw their consent, even though no additional obligations were created by this removal.

April 30th, 2002

PlanetGold.Com has held an interview with Jason Sorens, President of the FSP. Click on the link to read.

May 5th, 2002

The Research Committee has started work with two vacancies. Robert Vroman was selected Chairman. The other members of the committee are: Jason Sorens, Amanda Maxwell, Joe Littlejohn, Mike Ridge, Jan Helfeld, Ben Irvin, and Phyllis Schatz. The other committees are still looking for participants, so volunteer! And if you want to be on the Research Committee, there's still room for 2 more. From now on, meetings for all the committees will be announced in the events section.

May 14th, 2002

"The Candy Scam," a modern fable by FSP Treasurer Debra Ricketts, has been posted in the articles section .

May 16th, 2002

From now until the end of June Jason Sorens will be unavailable for e-mail queries, as is out of the country. During this time Elizabeth McKinstry, the Vice-President, will be taking over as acting President. You may direct your future inquiries to info@freestateproject.org.

Last night Jason delivered a talk to the Manhattan Libertarian Party. The text of that talk, on the subject, "The Case for Libertarian Pessimism," can be found here and has also been archived in the articles section.

June 6th, 2002

The following updates have been added to the website:
- Updated email addresses & corrected formatting on About page
- Added " Ode to the Free State Project " by Philip Denisch to Articles page
- Updated number of pledged members
- Added forums description , with link to same from Join page
- Added flash banner page & modules with link to same [no longer available nor relevant] from How to Help page
- Updated News page

June 15th, 2002

The following updates have been added to the website:
- Added " A Porcupine's Worth His Price " by John T. Kennedy to Articles page
- Yahoo Groups icon on index page now points to Forums Description page
- Paypal donation button on index and help pages
- Egold button on help page
- Added "A Few of My Favorite States" by Philip Denisch to Articles page
- Added "[Free City] Chamber of Commerce Press Release" by Brian Heyer to Articles Page
- Added UncleSamSucks.Com to links page
- Updates News Page

June 25, 2002

Updated the website as follows:
- Added new Advertising section
- Added new Committees section
- Changed Articles to reverse chronological order
- Noted on Forums page that Yahoo! Groups email can be set to digest mode

July 10, 2002

The FSP is awash in creativity these days; check out Phyllis Schatz's poem, "Quest for Liberty".

July 11, 2002

Yesterday evening the mail server for freestateproject.org went down; that means you won't be able to contact us through the info@freestateproject.org address for the time being. Until further notice, please contact one of the FSP officers with your questions: you can find their email addresses on the About Us page.

July 14, 2002

The mail server for freestateproject.org is back up again, so you can again contact us through the info@freestateproject.org address. The Research Committee met yesterday and agreed that "all states under 2 million population" will appear on the ballot when it comes to vote on our state. This includes all 16 states featured on the State Data page. The minutes for the meeting can be found here.

July 16, 2002

Would you like to know which state is best for the Free State Project? Well, thanks to a new spreadsheet, we are finally able to start answering that question. A beta version of a state comparison matrix can be downloaded by clicking here. The spreadsheet requires a recent version of Microsoft Excel for operation, and the file contains instructions on use.

July 18, 2002

We have added an FSP Store where you can purchase FSP logo merchandise, books, and more. Proceeds from all sales go to advertising and recruiting new members.

In addition, we've implemented a Web Community online forum right here on the FSP web site. This new web forum features a variety of boards focusing on such topics as libertarianism, politics, strategy and so forth, and utilizes the YaBB Message Board system. While it is currently available only in web format, YaBB developers are working on implementing an e-mail module which will allow users to get forum messages in email format as well as on the web. Please note that until this feature is implemented, we will continue to use the Yahoo Groups forums as well. Consider this a beta version!

July 27, 2002

The Research Committee is now accepting research papers on the states under consideration. If you would like to write a paper on one of the 16 states we're considering, please send it to Jason Sorens, the chair of the Research Committee. His email address is jsorens@freestateproject.org. Your paper should address the more "intangible" or non-quantifiable factors in our choice, as the quantifiable factors are already addressed in the state comparisons matrix. The first two research papers, by Research Committee members, can be found in the articles section. The reports are on Vermont and Montana.

The state data page has also been updated with a new theory section, and the FAQ has been extended.

July 28, 2002

Site updates & additions:
- updated Board & Committee memberships
- changed "sole role of government" to "maximum role of government" in FAQ Q1
- added link to TLE discussion re: FSP
- added BHM link
- added Amazon.com Honor System method of donation.

July 31, 2002

Anita Joule's report on Nevada has been added to the state reports section.

August 3, 2002

Today the Research Committee met for a second time and decided to eliminate the states Hawaii, Nebraska, and Rhode Island from consideration. It is likely that other states will be eventually eliminated in order to make the membership vote more manageable. You can find the minutes for the Research Committee meetings in the events section.

August 5, 2002

Phyllis Schatz's Idaho report has been filed.

August 6, 2002

Amy Day's New Hampshire report has been filed.

August 7, 2002

Two new essays about the Free State Project have been added to the articles section: "How to Secede from the Union" by Walter Williams and "Are You Ready for Liberty in Your Lifetime?" by Claire Wolfe.

August 7, 2002

Talk radio personality Gary Nolan will be interviewing Jason Sorens about the Free State Project tonight at 8 PM Eastern. You can listen on the web here.

August 9, 2002

Last night Dr. Walter Williams was interviewed on the "Hannity & Colmes" show on the Fox News Channel about the Free State Project. Transcript here. On Tuesday August 13 at 3 PM Eastern Jason Sorens will be interviewed by M4Radio. You can listen online at M4Radio.com. A thinking-piece by Debra Ricketts and Steve Cobb on alternative marriage arrangements has been posted to the articles section. Finally, the new data on federal dependence are out, and the State Data page and state comparisons spreadsheet have accordingly been updated.

August 15, 2002

A frequently asked question on abortion has been added to the FAQ section. An article on lewrockwell.com mentioning the Free State Project has been added to the articles section.

August 16, 2002

A new announcements list for the Free State Project has been created on our own server, replacing the unsatisfactory Yahoo service. You can access the new announcements list here. Important Note! If you were previously on the announcements list but did not receive the welcome message for the new list sent out yesterday, that means you were not subscribed to the new list due to the fact that your email address was bouncing. Please visit the link above and subscribe to the new list if you want to receive occasional e-mail updates on FSP progress.

August 20, 2002

The Frequently Asked Questions section has been reorganized, and a frequently asked question on secession has been answered and placed on the page. A second report on New Hampshire, by Michelle Dumas, has been filed.

August 28, 2002

The State Climate Report has been posted, along with an addendum. The Alaska report has been posted. The Delaware report has been posted. An article on Why the Free State Project Should Consider Just Six States: An Analysis of the State Comparisons Matrix" has been posted. As always, please be aware that state reports do not necessarily represent the official opinion of the FSP or the Research Committee.

August 28, 2002

The Maine Report has been posted.

August 31, 2002

The final cut in the number of states under consideration has been made. Barring unforeseen circumstances, this principle will govern the design of the ballot for the membership vote: "All states under 1.5 million population at the time of the membership vote will be included on the ballot for the vote, excepting Hawaii and Rhode Island, which have been eliminated outright for their big-government tendencies." Currently, that means these ten states are under consideration: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Delaware. It is extremely unlikely that any of these states will go above 1.5 million population and be eliminated before the vote, which of course takes place when we reach 5000 signatures. You can view the minutes for the Research Committee meeting that made this determination here.

September 1, 2002

Today is the first anniversary of the Free State Project's founding! In honor of this day, Jason Sorens has written an article on the history of the FSP.

September 2, 2002

Some state child protective services regimes are more rational than others. Nev Moore has compiled a table for the purposes of comparing different states on this measure.

September 3, 2002

The State Data page has been updated and the ??? Cumulative Count practice poll reset.

September 5, 2002

New article by Jan Helfeld posted: "Why the Free State Project Is the Best Libertarian Strategy".

September 9, 2002

The two press releases sent out by the FSP, after the Walter Williams endorsement and after we passed 1,000 signatures, are now available in the articles section. The Join page is now much more professional and secure, and there is now an option to let us know that you are a Friend of the FSP, even if you are unable to sign up as a participant at this time. Finally, a new state ranking tool has been added. Try it out!

September 11, 2002

We've just now gotten permission from our 1000th member to congratulate him by name here on the website. So...Seth Meeves of Denison, Iowa: congratulations on being the 1000th person to sign up as a participant in the Free State Project! Here's a quote from Seth: "I would be honored to have my name on the website. This is a great project and I whole-heartedly believe in the cause. I've gotten most of my friends (who are quite liberty minded) to join. I'm attending community college in my town and am trying to promote the free state project as much as possible." Good work, Seth! In fact, if everyone does as Seth has, and gets just 1 extra person to sign up every six months, we would reach 20,000 in a little over two years.

September 14, 2002

Two new off-site articles about the FSP have been added to the articles section. On September 17th at 11 PM Eastern, Jason Sorens will be participating in a live voice chat conference. You can stop by and watch or ask questions. Visit the Patriots of the Republic website for information on how to participate. Patriots of the Republic hold nightly chats on a variety of topics and occasionally have guest speakers. Check them out!

September 16, 2002

The FSP is ready to start a new, sustained publicity campaign in print media, and we have sent out an email appeal for contributions. You can read the appeal by clicking here. Elizabeth McKinstry will be speaking at the New Hampshire Libertarian Party convention September 28th; see the events page for more details.

September 26, 2002

We have two new essays and two new state research reports. "Our Local Media Relations: Tips from an Insider" by Dada Orwell, "Changing State Government from the Bottom Up" by Joseph A. Swyers, State Home and Land Ownership Report by Joseph Littlejohn, and State Initiative and Referendum Report by Glen Hubbell.

September 30, 2002

Elizabeth McKinstry's appearance at the New Hampshire Libertarian Party convention was a great success. Noted libertarian essayist Vin Suprynowicz endorsed the Free State Project in his speech to the convention, and Elizabeth was interviewed for the local 11:00 news in a very favorable piece. You can read the press release we sent out to NH media before the event here. We also have some more events coming up: Jason Sorens will be interviewed by truthradio.com tonight (Monday) at 7 PM Eastern, and he will also be addressing the Greenville County (South Carolina) Libertarian Party on October 3 at 7 PM and the South Carolina League of the South annual convention in Abbeville, S.C. on October 12. He will also be attending the Mont Pelerin Society annual meeting in London, England from October 5-10. This is not an FSP-sponsored appearance, and Jason will be present only as an observer, but if you would like to meet with him there, please let us know. Finally, Debra Ricketts will be present at Freedom Summit 2002 in Phoenix on October 12 and 13. More information on these events in the events section.

October 13, 2002

At the last meeting of the Board of Directors, Tim Condon and Matt Cheselka were voted in as new Directors, replacing Robert Vroman and Joe Littlejohn, who resigned due to time pressures. You can find bios for Tim and Matt in the About Us section and minutes for the Board meeting ??? here. This morning the Free State Project was featured on the front page of the Union Leader newspaper of Manchester, New Hampshire. The article includes several quotes from FSP members: take a look at it online here. Jason Sorens' talk delivered to the Greenville County Libertarian Party and the South Carolina League of the South, entitled "The Free State Project as a Strategy for Strategies", has been added to the articles section. A new article by Glen Hubbell on the RV lifestyle has also been added to the articles section. Dada Orwell's article on local media relations has been substantially updated.

October 14, 2002

The FSP was featured yesterday in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, a story that was then picked up by the Raleigh Herald-Sun. Also, WorldNetDaily did a story on the FSP today. You can find links to all these stories in the articles section (scroll down to "off-site essays"). Jan Helfeld's "Why the Free State Project Is the Best Libertarian Strategy" has been substantially updated and expanded.

October 18, 2002

There will be a regional meeting of Porcupines (the prevailing term these days for Free-Staters) in the Atlanta area on October 26; Jason Sorens will be among those attending. For details see the events page. Also check out our new Media Articles and Porcupine Haiku sections.

October 22, 2002

The Free State Project was featured on slashdot yesterday, and as a result our server was overwhelmed with visitors and the website went down for a while. If you tried to sign up after 1:45 PM Eastern yesterday and before 11:00 AM Eastern today, your registration did not go through, and we did not receive your information. Please stop by the join page again to submit your information. We apologize for the inconvenience!

October 28, 2002

About 22 or 23 showed up for the FSP meeting in Atlanta, and Jason Sorens answered questions for about an hour and a half from members and prospectives. Elizabeth McKinstry spoke on Saturday to the Boston Objectivist Network for about three and a half hours; she was also interviewed for a Boston Globe story on the FSP, which you can read here. Tim Condon has a new article on state selection that you can read here: "Our Most Important Decision".

November 2, 2002

A Membership Growth chart has been created and will be frequently updated.

November 11, 2002

The cumulative count practice poll has been temporarily removed in lieu of a new practice poll to be unveiled shortly.

November 12, 2002

20 people were present at the recent meeting of Mid-Atlantic Porcupines in Maryland, and plans are already being discussed for the next meeting. For more information, email Keith Murphy. We have added a new and exciting feature to the website: the "Activist Activator". You can use the Activist Activator to design your own, small projects (publicity, research, or anything else) for the FSP and report on them regularly - decentralization in action! The State Data, How to Help, and Frequently Asked Questions sections have been updated, as well as the state comparisons spreadsheet, and the front page has also undergone a facelift, including a tweaking of our mission statement. Finally, we would like to thank and congratulate all those who responded to our October e-mail appeal for funding. Please take a look at the list of supporters who donated over $100 to the FSP, and watch for our ad in the next issue of Reason magazine.

November 19, 2002

Director of Member Services Tim Condon will be speaking at a local groups meeting in Orlando on December 14. For details ??? click here.

November 20, 2002

On November 13th there was a meeting of Free-Staters, with Elizabeth McKinstry presenting, in Nashua, New Hampshire. This event generated some local media coverage, which you can read in our media section. A new page for local groups has been set up; you will find contact and meeting information for all local groups here. Note that a meeting in Portland, Oregon has been set up. If you'd like to set up a group in your area, check our local groups forum first. New pages for letters to the editor and FSP Action of the Week have been created.

December 2, 2002

The State Research page has been updated with new job forecasts and a new, improved gun control measure developed by the Research Committee.

December 7, 2002

The details of the next FSP Houston meeting with Jason Sorens have been completed: see the local groups page. Porcupines in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana are working on putting together a meeting with Elizabeth McKinstry in southern Michigan for the weekend of the 14th and 15th. Click here to participate in the discussion! A North Dakota report by Tim Condon has been put up.

December 16, 2002

A very important change in the Participation Guidelines has been made. As many of you know, there has been widespread discontent with our system of selecting a state, Cumulative Count. After extensive study of alternatives and consultation with game theorists and mathematicians, we have decided to replace Cumulative Count with Simple Condorcet's Method. For a description of Simple Condorcet's Method and why it is superior to the alternatives for our purposes, please read the Voting Methods Report. As the Guidelines require, you may withdraw your Statement of Intent if they are amended. Please write to members@freestateproject.org if you would like to do so. However, we believe that the change will bring in new members, as some people have indicated to us that they would not join until we changed our flawed voting system.

December 19, 2002

The following essays have been added to the Essays/Articles section: "The 12 Liberty-Minded Days of Christmas" and "Charge of the Free State Brigade" by Phil Denisch, "Choosing Which State to Liberate" by George Cunningham, "Analyzing the Freedom Orientation of Existing State Populations" by Tennyson, and a second Delaware Report by Willie Shields. The latter three have also been added to the state reports page.