William F. Shughart II (Washington Examiner)

Nothing good, that’s for sure. The United States is a constitutional republic that everyone in the three branches of government swears an oath to uphold. And, for better or worse, it’s the Supreme Court’s job to decide what laws are consistent with that Constitution. READ MORE »

Phillip Magness (Catalyst)

Sensing his time is limited, Venezuela’s President Maduro has turned to a Soviet-style playbook of violent repression as his strategy for remaining in office. In the eyes of the New York Times, though, Venezuela’s problems come, not from this Marxist dictator but the capitalism he never implemented? READ MORE »

Michael C. Munger (AIER)

Worried about the role cell-phone addiction plays in rewiring the minds and habits of your children and young adults? You should be. But, thankfully, Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, has answers. READ MORE »

Scott Semet (The Beacon)

Sanctions have become very fashionable in the United States, which currently imposes them on over 15,000 individuals and entities, three times more than anyone else, in 20 countries with 2.5 billion people—31% of all humans, in other words, on the planet. But sanctions don’t work—ever. So why do we continue imposing them? READ MORE »