In the wake of the Trump election, First Things columnist Pete Spiliakos gives some well-deserved pushback to fear-stricken left-wing college students and social-liberal activists. After listing a few of his “legitimate”…
No matter what you think about the financing deal for U.S. Bank Stadium (not much), we can all agree that public infrastructure projects should not be turned into partisan slush…
The Veterans Administration has been trying to get a wind energy project up and running at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center since 2007. Almost a decade later, the 245…
The Veterans Administration has been trying to get a wind energy project up and running at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center since 2007. Almost a decade later, the 245…
Climate scientists Patrick Michaels and Paul Knappenberger’s terrific new book exposes the “pseudoscience” that the “the debate is over” crowd relies on for their alarmist dictates. That crowd is big…
Minnesota Timberwolves point guards Ricky Rubio, Kris Dunn and Tyus Jones all were first-round draft picks. Rubio, the long-time starter, is a very good player who has been stuck on…
There goes another one. Another signature Obama executive order put on hold as effortlessly as it was imposed, further underscoring the fragility of a presidential legacy that could be determined…
A terrific new book out by climate scientists Patrick Michaels and Paul Knappenberger exposes the “pseudoscience” that the “the debate is over” crowd relies on for their alarmist dictates. That…
President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to make it rough on so-called “sanctuary cities” that do not cooperate with federal authorities on immigration cases. Despite Trump’s warning about cutting off potentially…
Dear Friends, As always, we have much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. In the tumult of the moment, especially in an election season, it is easy to forget that…
A forthcoming article in American Experiment’s magazine, Thinking Minnesota, will reveal the grass is growing greener on the other side of Minnesota’s border. For the article, I analyzed job growth…
Today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune bemoans the lack of affordable housing for young people in the Twin Cities: “Twin Cities real estate pinchpoint: Few low-priced homes are being built.” Builders are…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency may be the last place you’d think of turning to for gift ideas for your Christmas shopping list, not to mention how to find more…
I got a letter this month from the only community bank serving the small town of Deephaven where I live. The branch is just over the border in Minnetonka. Americana…
Less than a month before the presidential election, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MNPUC) approved Xcel’s plan to retire two coal-fired electricity generating plants in Becker, Minnesota. The retirements are…
Lt. Governor Tina Smith wants to be our next governor. The relentlessly cheerful campaign, which is conducted out of Governor Dayton’s office, began years ago. Now the pace has picked…
It remains to be seen if and when Bakken shale oil will flow through the Dakota Access Pipeline that’s still under construction, as well as protest, in North Dakota. The…
Our American Experiment colleague Kathy Kersten has an article in this month’s First Things that I will try to summarize, but that you simply need to read. The subject is…
Over the last three days, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Davis has sentenced the nine young Somalis who pled guilty, or were tried and convicted, of trying to travel to…
You’d think trained journalists would use their reason and investigative skills to dig and uncover “the real story” instead of jumping quickly and uncritically to the “cops are biased” narrative. …
When he launched the “Truth in Victoria” website with his friends and neighbors more than three years ago, Tom Funk had no political ambitions. He did it to call attention…
In 2007 Professors Timur Kuran and Cass Sunstein defined the concept of an “availability cascade,” which is a self-reinforcing process of collective belief formation by which an expressed perception triggers…
One of the biggest questions raised by the election results this week is what it all means for the unpopular MNsure state health insurance exchange. Minnesota was among a handful…
For a while now my favorite writer has been Power Line contributor Steven Hayward, scholar, energy and Reagan expert, and happy conservative warrior. Just before the election he hit the…