As the Chicago teachers’ union strike continues to receive national media coverage, I want to share a perspective on the walkout from a Chicago Public Schools alumna who sees the…
We are often told that installing solar panels on our homes can be a great way to ensure that the lights stay on in the event of a blackout, but…
Last week I gave a talk in St. Cloud Minnesota about the findings of our report, Doubling Down on Failure, as part of our Morning in Minnesota Breakfast series to about…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
An Education Week Research Center survey reveals principals don’t really know what their teachers think of them.
It’s MEA week in Minnesota, the annual fall ritual in which schools statewide cancel two classroom days in deference to the annual meeting of the most powerful public employee union…
Have you had enough of celebrities telling you how to live your life? Well, just in case the answer is no, more than 100 celebrity supporters of Extinction Rebellion have…
Despite being governed by progressives for most of the last five decades, California has the fourth-highest degree of wealth inequality in the country, and this wealth inequality is on full…
As evidenced by the number of families participating in open enrollment, there is an appetite for school choice in Minnesota, and it needs to be expanded.
A recent story in the Bismark Tribune states that wind developers in North Dakota are thinking twice about building new industrial wind facilities in the state because there is no room…
You never hear sellers complain about 'scalping', only buyers. There is a reason for that.
Labor is like anything: if its price rises employers will try to buy less of it.
The Walz administration continues to put the pedal to the metal in its relentless determination to take another run at passing a huge gas tax increase in the 2020 legislative…
Wind lobbyists are claiming that steel tariffs enacted by the Trump administration are causing such a large increase to the cost of wind that the industry needs more taxpayer money,…
If teachers want to protect their right to not fund Education Minnesota's PAC, they must request a refund of the forced contribution before October 31. Let the union know its…
After “farting cows” were identified as a climate risk to the planet in a document released by the office of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez addressing frequently asked questions about the…
There are still too many public employees who are being kept in the dark about their rights. Here are six things every government worker should know regarding union membership.
Men and women, on average, make different choices. This leads, on average, to different outcomes. The 'pink tax' is as real as unicorns.
As educational disparities continue to plague Minnesota students across race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, it’s clear the state needs to take a different approach to solving education shortcomings.
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Thinking Minnesota, now the second largest magazine in Minnesota. To receive a free trial issue send your name and address to [email protected]. In George Orwell’s…
The Walz administration’s attempt to get Minnesota taxpayers to subsidize a proposed $550 million passenger train to Grand Casino Hinckley and Duluth-Superior came up empty with the failure to pass…
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2019 Nobel prize in economics to economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer for their research into tackling global poverty.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial board had a great opinion piece last week investigating allegations of fraud and mismanagement for a new credit union designed to promote economic opportunities for…
The Star Tribune ponders the fact that Minnesota students’ math scores keep dropping: “As test scores drop, Minnesota educators seek a ‘new conversation’ about math.” I think “new conversation” means…