I do believe states rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked

I do believe states rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while – like, 150 years or so. Im professionally obliged to believe that knowledge is better than ignorance, but some kinds of forgetting are OK with me. – John Shelton Reed

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