We have a phobia, a very wrong-headed phobia, of the consequences of the disintegration of large nations into smaller nations.  The term "Balkanization" is commonly used to describe this process. Twenty-five years ago, the remnants of communist Europe splintered into the new nations of the dead Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.  Czechoslovakia would also peacefully break in two soon after. Balkanization has proven a great blessing and not a curse.  The breaking of large nations or collectives of nations, like the European Union today, has proven the solution to many problems.  We ought to view the British (or, perhaps, the English) exit from the European Union in this light.  When people feel oppressed by a large governing authority, independence from that authority is the best alternative. Indeed, the larger nations grow in population, the more like empires the bureaucrats and politicians of their capitals become.  When our nation was...(Read Full Article)