Donald F. Kettl

Recent Articles

• Hamilton and Jefferson Revisited
• Jun 1, 2008
• The states and feds started fighting about banking law in 1789. They're still at it.

• NCLB on the Ropes
• Apr 1, 2008
• The fine print in the federal education law may be its undoing.

• Department of Yesterday
• Feb 1, 2008
• Somebody needs to push EPA into the 21st century.

• No Political Traction
• Dec 1, 2007
• Federalism isn't irrelevant to the 2008 presidential campaign. It's just that no candidate is framing ways for the feds to deal with the big issues.

• Build, Crumble and Build More
• Oct 1, 2007
• Why don't we fix old roads and bridges? Because it's more fun to make new ones.

• Homeland Psychiatry
• Aug 1, 2007
• War veterans are coming home in worse mental shape than anybody expected.

• Race Revisited
• Jul 1, 2007
• The U.S. Supreme Court is going to rule on racial quotas in the schools. The decision may shape social policy for decades.

• PIGs Without Pork
• Jun 1, 2007
• State and local interest groups don't wield the clout they once had in Washington. But there's crucial work for them to do.

• Do They Know Darfur?
• Apr 1, 2007
• Governors running for president will have some uncomfortable moments in the year ahead.

• Senator Warner's Posse
• Feb 1, 2007
• A new federal law gives the military a domestic function it hasn't had before.

• Mission Improbable
• Dec 1, 2006
• By the time you read this, the bipartisan fling may be over.

• Unwanted Weapons
• Jun 1, 2006
• Gun violence is a problem that governments at every level wish somebody else would solve.

• It's Broke--Fix It
• Apr 1, 2006
• The problem in New Orleans isn't FEMA but federalism.

• Machine Politics
• Feb 1, 2006
• Technology alone won't fix what's wrong with our voting procedures.

• The Katrina Breakdown
• Dec 1, 2005
• Coordination and communication problems between levels of government must be addressed before the next disaster strikes.