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Guest Commentary from VirginiaConservative If you have spent anytime at all in the western part of Virginia, youรขโ‚ฌโ„ขll find that monuments dedicated to U.S. Civil War are just about everywhere. For example, there are historical markers, statues, even an occasional flag...

Obama, States Rights and Emissions

by Greg Heller, The Holy Cause “Obama Moves to Let States Set Own Rules on Emissions” So says The Wall Street Journal: President Barack Obama plans to call on the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to consider allowing states including California to...

States Rights in the Pollution Debate

by Greg Heller, The Holy Cause Does the “liberal” Obama respect the Constitution more than the “conservative” Bush?ร‚ย  From the Contra Costa Times: After months of battling with the Bush administration, California may be close to getting...

Let states decide on medical marijuana

Robert Sharpe, Policy Analyst for Common Sense for Drug Policy, makes the point pretty clear in this letter to the Sheboygan Press: While there have been studies showing that marijuana can shrink cancerous tumors, medical marijuana is essentially a palliative drug. If...

The Meaning of Federalism

by Clarence B. Carson, Fee.org Several developments have contributed to making the meaning of federalism obscure. Some are old, some recent. Some may be more or less innocent; others are destructive of federalism itself. One of these that may be more or less innocent...