Independence: more than political change

This post from Seven Days, an independent newspaper in Vermont, returns me to one of The Ohio Republic's earlier themes: that independence has to be economic and cultural, as well as political. This article cites many constructive actions that we can take in Ohio (whose largest industry is, remember, agriculture) to reduce our dependence on far away sources of food and daily necessities. It ends with the kinds of questions we should be asking ourselves -- in place of refighting a war that took place nearly 150 years ago.