I think you did a good job laying out your three points on the problems facing America. I noticed that this piece was originally written in February 2021; I'm curious as to whether your position on any of this has changed in the time since (either as the result of anything that happened in the Biden Administration, or the substantive changes being made to government in the first several weeks of the second Trump Administration).

The one area of this piece that I think could use some expansion or further explanation is the very last point about how your preference would be to restructure government where the federal level was responsible for the military and foreign relations, while everything else is left up to the individual states and how that may help heal the divisions in our country.

How do you see that playing out in practice? To me, the idea of fifty different states determining their own educational priorities, energy and transportation and immigration policies, support for veterans, etc. would make things more divided since every state you visited would have different (and in some cases drastically different) policies in place. I'm genuinely curious about how you see this playing out in your preferred system.

Overall, I thought this was a thought-provoking piece and you did a good job of articulating your three points. It's a great place to build from and expand on. Nice work!