Historical data is not enough for economists to make sense of it. Instead, that data must be viewed through a theoretical framework that explains what has happened.

Conventional wisdom tells us the liberal democracies are the most peace-loving nations. But the record tells us something else.

Progressives sell state intervention into economic affairs as “protecting” consumers and workers. In all cases, free markets do a better job of protecting all participants.

Constitutionalism gives us the expectation of governance according to rules that everyone from those that are governed to the ones that govern are expected to obey. But what happens if those that govern exempt themselves from those rules?