Pushing government decisions down to the lowest democratic level possible — while protecting basic civil rights — guarantees that more people will have a say in how they live their lives.

Arthur Brooks and Jim Manzi are intellectual heirs to Hayek; they are admirably recapturing old truths handed down from America’s Founders and restating them for today’s generation.

The deeper problem is that no version of a fiscal union can save Europe or the euro. The principal authority for this proposition is Alexander Hamilton.

State bankruptcy must serve to break the stranglehold of public-sector unions over state politics and budgets; help restore the federal government's precommitment against bailing out states; and advance, rather than distract from, the far more fundamental federalism reforms that will be required over the coming years.

Luncheon address delivered at The Transatlantic Law Forum's Fifth Annual Conference. Delivered at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.

Allowing Americans to express themselves through the Constitution's traditional system for social change, federalism, is better than prematurely nationalizing gay marriage, either by banning it through constitutional amendment or allowing it by judicial fiat.

The states' fiscal crisis is structural, not cyclical. Real recovery and reform will require drastic changes to our federal architecture.

Turkish military and political officials are concerned both that Iraqi federalism could set a precedent for similar demandsand dangers among Turkey"s Kurdish population.