Federalism

My plea for federalism is contained in Can Federalism Save Us?  And so I am pleased to point my readers to Jonah Goldeberg's The Federalist Solution.

Mitt Romney mentioned federalism in a recent speech but he didn't pause to explain what it means.  That was a mistake.  Joe Sixpack has no idea what federalism is.  He probably thinks it means that more power should be handed over to the federal government. It wouldn't have killed Romney to take 30 seconds and provide a crisp definition. 

The same goes for such terms as 'social justice.'  They do not wear their meanings on their faces.  Pols and commentators need to learn the importance of defining one's terms.  Launching into a discussion of socialism, for example, without preliminary clarification of what it is is foolish and unproductive.

But be pithy! Joe Sixpack is a tweeting twit whose attention span is commensurate with the length of his 'tweets.'  Do not these tweeting twits fear that their brains will soon be fit only to  flit?