Another double-standard by a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate regarding school choice has been reported.
Sometimes the Sunday funnies are simply reporting the news. Today is such a day. According to the New York Post: “Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Instagram on Wednesday…
The New York Times’ reframing of American history—launched as “The 1619 Project”—will now be taught in K-12 schools around the country.
National School Choice Week 2020 is drawing to a close, so to conclude I wanted to highlight a recently published book that helps families navigate through all the different options…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A recent NBER research paper has added to the research showing that occupational licensing plays no role in consumer satisfaction.
Government unions aren’t happy their grip on public employees’ paychecks has been loosened. So, they hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied members from leaving and have even resorted to…
Today is Brexit Day in Britain, the day on which, more than three years after voting to leave the European Union the country actually does so. How did the UK reach…
Every year for the last several years, Minnesota lawmakers have piled onto a plane to visit Germany, which is supposedly a renewable energy utopia. It is amazing that so many…
When people claim that minimum wage hikes "put the needs of working people above the profit margins of big business" it shows that they are living in fantasyland.
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the Polar Vortex, which enveloped the state in an arctic cold that pushed our energy system to the max. You’ll remember that our…
Q) Is it time to consider whether Minnesota's government should dictate what we get paid? A) No.
Most know American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish’s name as the teen who won big at the 2020 Grammys. But there is more to Eilish’s background that is worth noting. Last summer,…
The last two days I’ve reviewed The Good and The Bad parts of the proposed Clean Energy First legislation currently circulating in the Minnesota States Senate. Today, in sticking with…
After a passionate discussion before a big crowd, the Plymouth City Council on Tuesday voted 4-to-3 against participation in the controversial GreenStep Cities climate change program overseen by the Minnesota…
The cause of unaffordable housing is a shortage of supply relative to demand. Rent controls won't fix that. More housing supply will.
Amidst mounting frustration with the state and national teachers’ union, a small group of teachers in Becker, Minnesota decided to try something different. They successfully petitioned the state to call…
Starting fall 2026, public schools across the state will be required to implement new K-12 academic standards and benchmarks in social studies. Since there is no external approval process on…
The last few years will go down in history as a time when fraudsters brazenly stole billions of dollars from Minnesota and federal taxpayers while state regulators looked the other…
Gov. Tim Walz delivered his final State of the State address last Tuesday evening, using the speech to tout false education “successes,” claim he lowered taxes for Minnesotans, and take…