In Endcliffe Park in my hometown, Sheffield, there is a memorial to Lt John Kriegshauser, John Humphrey, Robert Mayfield, Charles Tuttle, Vito Ambrosio, George Williams, Lyle Curtis, Melchor Hernandez, Harry Estabrooks,…
It’s always a special treat when a smart person writes compelling, idea-rich prose. And Charles Kesler delivers just that with his terrific essay in the new issue of the deservedly…
A full-page ad warning readers their “access to local news just got more expensive” has popped up again in the Star Tribune. Higher U.S. tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration…
What do these incidents have in common? Trump Derangement Syndrome, or people on the left who feel entitled to act in an uncivilized, unhinged manner because they hate Donald Trump.…
Candace Owens visited Minnesota for only a day, but the ripple effect of her dynamic speech at American Experiment’s May 8 forum continues to reverberate over a week later. Minnesota…
As Frank Drebin said, the idea of a queen is silly. But when you look at the alternatives, you might be less keen to change it.
In light of the revelations this week that Minnesota's welfare system is being leveraged to fund corruption at home and terror abroad, I want to extend an early invitation to…
Originally posted on the Institute for Family Studies website. I’m excited about this Mother’s Day—giddy actually—even though I won’t spend it with my sons who live many states away. Despite the distance,…
We loved the way she thinks way before Kanye West, and we certainly love her more after Candace Owens inspired a crowd of 550 at another Center lunch forum. The…
Dayton is campaigning hard for $138 million “emergency” school funding but he might just settle for more pre-K funding instead. The governor has, in the past, successfully expanded pre-K programs…
Today marks the annual celebration of Star Wars. Conveniently, it is held every year on May 4th, spurring fans and superfans alike to greet each other with “May the Fourth…
The Dayton administration continues its relentless demand for Minnesota to adopt universal Pre-K for all four-year-old’s. There is no danger the legislature will pass universal pre-K this session but GOP…
The first girls recruits didn’t waste any time becoming official Cub Scouts in Pack 212 in northern Wisconsin, signing up the first day they could make it official on May…
On April 26, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) announced that it has reached “collaborative agreements” with 10 school districts and charter schools which it claims discriminate against black…
A famous statue of Stephen Foster, often referred to as the father of American music, has stood in Pittsburgh for more than 100 years. (Foster was a native of Pennsylvania.)…
Round One of the NFL Draft is tonight, and the Minnesota Vikings will be hoping to be able to capture the magic of the draft yet again this year as…
Timing is everything and the Center is hosting a lunch forum with Candace Owens just as her profile is exploding in the national news, partly because Kanye West tweeted, “I…
Influential conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg’s new book, Suicide of the West, was released this week, and his sober essay in National Review, adapted from the book, can be found here. …
Kanye West tweeted out a supportive message for black conservative media personality Candace Owens, and Twitter lost its mind. Candace Owens—the communications director for Turning Point USA and creator of…
New figures indicate that two thirds of Millennials had never heard of Auschwitz and nearly a quarter had not heard of the Holocaust. Figures also suggest that Millennials are the…
The Minnesota Conservative Energy Forum may use conservative-sounding language and have pictures of Ronald Reagan on their website, but their policy recommendations are not at all conservative.
The Center held its Annual Dinner last night at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Enthusiasm about American Experiment and its mission is so high that the event sold out–a crowd of…
I would like to take a "minuet" to briefly highlight what "noteworthy" music education programs the Minnesota Youth Symphonies (MYS) offers. For 45 years, MYS has given K-12 musicians premier…
School districts, under pressure from the Obama administration, adopted new student discipline policies referred to often as “restorative justice.” One of the goals was to reduce the number of minority…