In Praise of a Disunited States of America
The Nation Could Use More Declarations of Independence, and California Should Take the Lead
The further I drove into Oroville, the more disappointment I felt.
I had my passport with me, but no one asked me to show it. American flags still hung from stores along Montgomery Street. Homes near the Feather River were flying our state’s banner. City Hall had not been replaced by a new national capitol. And as hard as I looked, I could find no new standing army, or presidential palace, or the Oroville Food and Drug Administration.
It was as if the city council of Oroville, 70 miles north of Sacramento …
