The STATE of things

When you cross the border from Kansas into Oklahoma, do you notice anything? Other than a corny welcome sign, probably not. Because of what our nation has morphed into, State A is very little different than State B. Never was it intended to be so.

The beast that is the federal government has broken free of the chains with which our Founders bound it. Little by little, crisis by crisis, the Fed wriggled out of its bonds, taking responsibilities away from the states, never to return itself or the states to their previous status.

The federal government was to be small; the states, robust and varied.

You've not heard this before? Treat yourself to a little history and read through Walter Williams' column today (linked here). Notice his treatment of the "Civil War" (a perspective I'd not heard put quite that way before), and note James Madison's and Thomas Jefferson's quotes. You might find yourself writing your state's representative. Who knows, we might just start something.

Almost makes me sorry I've mocked the pan-handled state.