Radical Localism

Here's an idea (NYT/reg. req'd) that some readers of this blog know I've been espousing for some time. The left has been far too skeptical of -- if not downright hostile to -- local institutions for some time. Recently, there have been some meaningful victories in blue states. The Goodridge decision and California's stem cell referendum are just two examples and I'm sure there are others. I'm with Shayna on giving the old dogs their walking papers. We should reconsider some of their old dog dogma, too.