Noah Weiss Europe, with its European Union, has it right. Instead of staying mired in over 200 years of historical bureaucracy, Weiss argues, America needs to take a clue from its most innovative businesses: streamline and centralize. Read his manifesto to find out why he believes the time for federalism has come and gone, and what we must do about it.

About the author:
A lifetime New Yorker, Noah Weiss is heading out west to Stanford after graduating from Stuyvesant High School. Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker"incited a call-to-action for modern dance, and Noah has been jumping, spinning, and rolling around in classes and performances ever since. He is a man who wears many masks: writer, photographer, runner, programmer, dancer, designer, and above all, lover of stuffed artichokes.