A radical proposal to abolish state government and strengthen American democracy

By Stephen Legomsky, John S. Lehmann University Professor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis

Get rid of states? Legal scholar Stephen Legomsky, who taught for 34 years at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, has just published a book, “Reimagining the American Union,” that proposes a radical idea: Abolish state government.…

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~	When developing countries band together, lifesaving drugs become cheaper and easier to buy − with trade-offs

~	Nostalgic foods and scents like fresh-cut grass and hamburgers grilling bring comfort, connection and well-being

~	German chancellor’s rebuke of Israel marks a shift in state policy that has long put such criticism out of bounds

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