Richard Nixon in the Oval Office in 1972. He believed in a federal government whose job was to provide financial help to states and localities — and then to get out of the way. (Richard Nixon ...
With the 2012 election completed Washington faces a daunting overhang of substantial economic, fiscal, and governance problems. Reform must begin now. Yet from where will the impetus for progress come ...
Sitting in on one of Erin Ryan's classes on negotiation, natural resources law, or property law, one wouldn't necessarily guess that this associate professor at William & Mary Law School is also an ...
Steve Chapman writes for the Chicago Tribune as well as being a syndicated columnist. Donald Trump’s presidency was the era when liberals learned to love federalism. From California to Massachusetts, ...
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Between 2007 and 2022, Albertans continued to contribute disproportionately to Canadian federalism in terms of the amount of federal taxes paid ...
Historically, major crises have led to expansions of federal government power. As Robert Higgs documents in his classic book Crisis and Leviathan, this tends to happen even if the crisis was partly ...
EMMANUEL MACRON’S agenda for strengthening the European Union has revived talk of a “federal Europe”. The French president’s ambition will be easier to achieve without Britain: it has tended to follow ...
A recent front-page story in The Denver Post featured Gill Foundation founder and gay activist Tim Gill and foundation president Tim Sweeney celebrating their public policy successes advancing the ...