Welcome to our Newest Blogger, Mike Barskey

May 11, 2009 by
Filed under: Announcement, Introduction 

Mike BarskeyMike first began solidifying his ideas and principles at the relatively late age of 27, when he first started reading Ayn Rand. Thinking he had finally learned “the answer” to the meaning of life, he researched more and more about liberty, discovered the Free State Project, and realized there were indeed like-minded people in the world! Prior to moving to New Hampshire form California in late 2008, Mike had never done any activism. He had never stood up for his rights, had never refused to cooperate with police or judges, had never tried to educate anyone about liberty. Things have changed. His most important change so far has been to learn that he was wrong: he did not know “the answer.” He is still learning, every day, from so many friends and other sources, that there are very many “the answers” – one for every individual person – and that voluntaryism is a peaceful philosophy in harmony with that idea.

Editor’s note: Mike is an honorary blogger as he doesn’t actually live in the Keene area, but he’s constantly involved in Keene-area activism, including being the talented organizer of Free Keene Fest. See more on the Bloggers page.

  • Markus

    Congrats Mike! You've been awesome and thanks for evrything you've done, especially mail-to-jail.com.

  • http://www.dooms-day-device.com Puke

    Love that profile pic!

    Whomever took that photo is awesome. :P

  • http://mike.barskey.net Mike Barskey

    Thanks Markus. And thank you, Puke, for yet another awesome pic. :)

  • http://pshields.net Patrick Shields

    Awesome!

  • Andrew

    Congrats Mike!

  • http://speakoutdanville.org/bbs Curt Springer

    Of all the places you could have chosen in NH, why did you pick "Dreary"?

  • http://mike.barskey.net Mike

    Thanks, Patrick and Andrew.

    Curt, what do you mean?

  • Gordi

    Good job B!! Congrats! The pic is awesome :)

  • http://speakoutdanville.org/bbs Curt Springer

    It was just a joke. Mike lives in Derry, not far from my town, Danville. One of my Portsmouth HS classmates lived in Derry for a time, hated it, and always called the town "Dreary".

  • http://mike.barskey.net Mike Barskey

    Ah. I don't mind it, but I'm really rarely here.

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