Over the past few months, more than a dozen letters arrived in my mailbox, sent from the offices of some of the United States’ most powerful leaders, including The Deputy Secretary of State, The Secretary of Education and a number of State Governors....

Over the course of the last several months (some even argue years, which may be unnervingly correct), the American public perceived the federal government as ineffective and wasteful. Congress, to a certain degree, has done relatively little legislature-wise...