Photo by taberandrew For decades the American people have watched state authority and responsibility either willingly or willfully turned over to the Federal government creating a dysfunctional behemoth often slow to respond and usually weak in resolving matters best handled at the state level. For almost...

As the controversial swirl over Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court hits full force this week with her Senate hearing, one simple fact has seemed questionably absent in the discussion.  In late August 2009, John McCain’s campaign officially tapped Alaska governor Sarah Palin...