We have been trained to think of states as the supposed "laboratories of democracy," but what they really are these days are a check and balance against federal inaction and Potomac Fever. That's the case I make in my newspaper column out today - especially as it relates to the housing crisis.
Last month, this situation was exemplified by the front page of the Washington Post. On one side was this story, headlined "Housing Accord Puts Builders First; Strapped...
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