Why Republicans Must Shrink D.C. Before It’s Too Late

A Capital Idea: Retrocession, Not Statehood

In the heart of the swamp, where the Potomac River meanders through marble edifices and murky political waters, Washington, D.C., stands as a peculiar anomaly. Neither state nor fully integrated into any other, the District of Columbia has been a perennial thorn in the side of representative democracy—a cause c…