One of the last of the great pre-war movie palaces closed for good a year ago. I visit the scene. Representing and located at the heart of Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood,…
The Ruthless Podcast will produce their show in front of a live audience on Lake Minnetonka June 29, 2022, at an event sponsored by Center of the American Experiment. The…
My recent visits to Lake Street in Minneapolis inspired me to return to one of my favorite subjects: the In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre. (Think…
Documenting the decline and fall of a once great Midwestern city. Your correspondent drove through George Floyd Square this morning, my first trip to the site since the unfortunate events…
The truth behind Minnesota’s role in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 is more complex than revisionists want us to believe.
Most Minnesotans believe that biased reporting contributes to our polarized political culture.
The news that Elon Musk had acquired 9.2 percent of Twitter triggered outrage notable even for a platform that seemingly exists for no other reason than for people to express…
A whopping two-thirds of Minnesotans say local reporters contribute to the toxicity of their state’s political discourse, according to the spring edition of the quarterly Thinking Minnesota poll, sponsored by…
Transgender inclusiveness is an affront to the fairness of sports.
Minnesota Nice appears to have caught up with 340 individuals who didn’t realize they were looking for love in all the wrong places until their bank accounts told them so.…
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What is it about swimming and wokeness lately? First, we have a biological man competing (and breaking records) in women’s college swimming events. Now, a 12-year-old Duluth swimmer shows up…
I know who Neil Young is, but I had to Google Joe Rogan this last week or so to find out who he is. The BBC reports: Neil Young’s music…
Podcaster Joe Soucheray takes the Center’s John Hinderaker on a tour of Gumption County.