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Robert Samuelson took at look at the administration's proposed budget and came away terribly worried about the country's fiscal future. He's right to be. But there's also something to be said for Bruce Bartlett's argument that the importance of the president's budget is overstated. Bartlett provides a miniature history of the co […]

While the cost of health care and the cost of health insurance won't always rise and fall perfectly in tandem, it stands to reason that they wouldn't be entirely unrelated. But Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is peeved that the premiums on some individual insurance policies are going up in California: "With so many famili […]

At the Volokh Conspiracy, David Kopel has an extraordinary post featuring a long quote from civil rights activist John R. Salter, one of the organizers of the famous Jackson, Mississippi sit-ins, describing the crucial role that firearms played in keeping him and other civil rights activists safe from Ku Klux Klan “night-riders” and other white terrorists. H […]

America's first blockbuster feature film, D.W. Griffith's pro-Klan epic The Birth of a Nation, turns 95 today. I'll mark the occasion by trotting out two articles I wrote in 2005, one marking the movie's 90th birthday and the other noting the 90th birthday of an unpleasant organization inspired by the motion picture: the second Ku Klux Kl […]

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The Seasteading Institute is pleased to announce that it has received its Letter of Determination from the Internal Revenue Service, stating that we are exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Among the many benefits this allows, donations to us are tax-deductible (including past ones). The IRS has also determined […]

August 10, 2009 -- The Seasteading Institute is excited to announce that registration is open for the second annual Seasteading Conference, to be held September 28-30, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Building on the success of last year's conference, TSI has expanded this year's schedule to 3 days and recruited a lineup of prominent speakers, in […]

The Seasteading Institute is excited to announce that public registration is open for the first annual Ephemerisle Festival, being held October 2-4, 2009 in the Sacramento River Delta. Ephemerisle is a floating festival of politics, community, and art in celebration of political freedom and diversity. Opportunities to connect, learn, and play will abound: th […]

April 15th, 2009 - Palo Alto, CA -- The Seasteading Institute Announces Membership Program; Annual Report The Seasteading Institute announced its new membership program today, inviting enthusiasts to become a part of the growing global seasteading movement. The program, which includes four membership levels and a special ten-year pledge membership, will allo […]