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Federalism—our system of “50 laboratories of democracy”—is one of the great strengths of the American constitution. But we aren’t taking full advantage of it. Many states in the United States today have Republican majorities in their state legislatures, and even Republican governors, yet still have many left-wing policies on the books and people in their state governments enforcing them. What might be done in these red states to try to improve things? Herewith are ten suggestions.

The first few are under the heading of “anti-racism” and anti-discrimination. It is racist to take race into consideration in one’s daily life—in hiring, in deciding who to hire, who to admit to school, and which contractors to use, etc. All that should be prohibited in the name of ending racism. Read more…