In ancient Egypt, when the Nile didn't flood, it was rational to kill the pharaoh. (Foto: Flickr)   The yearly...

The Founding Fathers were deeply concerned with the problems inherent in what James Madison called “the tyranny of the majority.”...

Economic migration and political exile share many characteristics, but are differentiated by the action of return. (Photo: Flickr) Before a...

The stairs of Potemkin. (Photo: Flickr)   In politics and economics, a Potemkin village means a hollow or false construct....

Do Latin American people have an anti-business philosophy? (Photo: Flickr) Economist and historian Thomas Sowell tells an old Russian fable...

Is the United States too big for centrilized government? (Photo: Flickr)   It was not supposed to be this way....

The American public overwhelmingly supports strengthening regulations. (Foto: Flickr)   By definition, an expanded government requires diminished liberty. Any function...

At the core of American exceptionalism, there is freedom. (Photo: Image)   American exceptionalism is the belief that the United...

Should society tolerate intolerant speeches, such as those of Ocasio-Cortez and Steve Bannon? (Photo: Flickr)     Philosopher Karl Popper...

It's not natural resources but human wit which leads countries to success. (Photo: Flickr)   When I studied international economics...

Our modern understanding of virtue comes close to agreeing with Aristotle. (Photo: Flickr)   The Corruption Perceptions Index, published yearly...

Statue of Michel de Montaigne. (Foto: Flickr) Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), who devised the essay as a literary genre, was...