This article originally appeared in the Winter 2026 issue of Thinking Minnesota magazine. Assessing the 2025 elections On Nov. 4, 2025, voters in Minneapolis made international news as they held…
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2026 issue of Thinking Minnesota magazine. American Experiment’s annual award highlights the state’s wasteful spending of taxpayers’ money The first Golden Turkey in 2020 “honored”…
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2026 issue of Thinking Minnesota magazine. Progressives’ fixation with inequality could undermine the U.S. economy In 1995, American Experiment published a groundbreaking report…
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2026 issue of Thinking Minnesota magazine. More Minnesotans are feeling the pinch as state spending, taxes, and the basics of living keep rising,…
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2026 issue of Thinking Minnesota magazine. Minnesotans in the European theater Belfast On Jan. 26, 1942, a ship carrying men of the 133rd…
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2026 issue of Thinking Minnesota magazine. Is having a four-year degree still relevant and necessary in today’s world? For years, a four-year college…
Fraud Thank you for your articles on all of the fraud that has been happening throughout the years. It makes me realize why so many people have left Minnesota for…
Minnesota’s trauma lifeline is a matter of life and death When 12-year-old Sophia Forchas stepped out of a stretch limousine to a hero’s welcome at Hennepin Healthcare Medical Center (HCMC),…
Violence is not the answer Many across our nation were shocked and saddened at the assassination of the young, conservative leader Charlie Kirk. This is only the most recent in…
Why blue states have an affordability problem Capitalism’s ability to lift material living standards is so immense that even Karl Marx paid tribute. “[D]uring its rule of scarce one hundred…
American Experiment Update: Center events, initiatives, and policy work Giving thanks American Experiment participated in Minnesota’s annual Give to the Max Day fundraiser. It was, by far, our biggest year…
Minnesota gets a ‘D’ for wind and solar decommissioning requirements The National Center for Energy Analytics (NCEA) released “A State-by-State Assessment of Financial Assurances Required for Decommissioning Wind and Solar…
Michael Shellenberger connects progressive ideology to anti-religious beliefs On its face, American Experiment’s 2025 Fall Briefing featuring Michael Shellenberger was set up as a straightforward speech about California’s cautionary tale:…
Many states have banned cellphones in school. Why not Minnesota? One prevailing theory behind the nation’s rapidly declining test scores places a large share of the blame squarely on the…
Only through accounting gimmicks are wind and sunshine free An Oct. 20 letter to the editor in the Minnesota Star Tribune — from a Minnesota Department of Commerce official, no…
Why young people are blind to socialism’s truths A specter is haunting the United States — the specter of socialism. On Nov. 4, 2025, the biggest city in the country…
Gov. Walz’s $400 million education decision Gov. Tim Walz is facing a consequential decision about whether to have the state of Minnesota opt in to the federal tax-credit scholarship program…
As goes the Aquatennial, so goes Minneapolis Minneapolis, known as the “City of Lakes,” will no longer host the Aquatennial, its signature summer event since 1940. It’s also pulling the…
Make Minnesota great again in 2026 We have reached a new year in Minnesota. With 2025 revealing the state of our state as one fraught with fraud, a see-nothing, do-nothing…
Honoring veterans and uniting Minnesotans at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Each December, a moving tradition unfolds at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis: Volunteers from all walks of life gather…
American Experiment kicks off the 250th birthday of the nation’s founding This year is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — or, in other words, the 250th anniversary…