On Sunday, St Paul's mayoral candidates showed a refreshing range of attitudes towards the harmful $15 minimum wage. Some were sensible, some not so sensible. When judging what the candidates…
You heard it here first. State public employee unions and the Dayton Administration can no longer count on state legislators to be a rubber stamp for negotiated labor agreements, as American…
The point of an energy industry is to generate energy, not to generate jobs. And on energy generated per worker, wind does very, very badly indeed.
Why are taxpayers forced to pay for government radio? Here is one example, of many, why taxpayer funding should be declared unconstitutional. This exchange about Obamacare was not reporting; it…
Liberals will tell you that Minnesota is one of the nation’s leaders in “green” energy, so its experience represents a good test: can green energy fulfill the extravagant promises made…
Kathy Kersten’s bombshell cover story in the Fall issue of Thinking Minnesota on political indoctrination in the Edina public schools continues to reverberate. Today’s spotlights the article’s impact: “Charge of…
The Star Tribune reports that Minnesota’s Attorney General, Lori Swanson, will join several other states in suing to try to force the Trump administration to resume making “cost-sharing reduction” payments…
Lots of people look at sports stars multi-million dollar contracts and say "Nobody is worth that much money". But some of them are. The trouble is, you only know that…
After repeated efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare in Congress, President Trump signed an executive order today directing federal agencies to take specific steps to give Americans more and better…
About 25 years ago, not for the first time and not nearly for the last time, Kathy Kersten wrote something that made a lot of people on the left mad…
Minnesota Management and Budget released its October Revenue and Economic Update on Tuesday. They reported below predicted revenues for the state and forecast lower growth nationally.
Fiscal policymakers have accepted for centuries that taxes act as a negative incentive on whatever is being taxed. That doesn’t always keep them from taxing.
For all I know, the FTA’s New Starts grant program tells applicants, “Lie to me, tell me what I want to hear so I can give you the billions in…
Center of the American Experiment’s latest radio ad campaign highlights the struggles many young people face following high school graduation. In the 30 second advertisement, which is playing on over…
Minnesota’s rural economy is gaining strength, reports MinnPost, with many businesses primed for growth. The challenge, of course, is finding the qualified workers necessary to make that growth happen. Southwestern…
Minnesota’s manufacturing sector plays an important role in the state’s economic well-being. Yet attracting skilled workers to enter the manufacturing world has been challenging, despite numerous job openings. Misconceptions about…
It’s common wisdom in our society today that you must have a four-year college degree to get ahead in life. But a new Center of the American Experiment study concludes…
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis hosted its first Regional Economic Conditions Conference and state economist Laura Kalambokidis gave her view of Minnesota's economy.
On Saturday, October 7, the Star Tribune ran my op-ed piece on the Edina Public Schools (“Racial Identity Politics are ruining Edina’s fabled schools”). Today the paper features two commentaries…
Yesterday’s Star Tribune headlined: “Solutions sought with Twin Cities traffic at its most congested since 1993.” The Minnesota Department of Transportation released its annual Twin Cities congestion report last week,…
We live in the “I am bending over so far that I have fallen and can’t get up politically correct Minnesota.” It is one thing to critically examine our unvarnished…
We started writing about political indoctrination in the Edina public schools during the Summer, but the event that first gained widespread attention in Edina was my presentation to the Senate…
The federal government is planning a disaster aid package that includes money for Puerto Rico to deal with "rebuilding, repair, debris removal, getting the electric grid up, getting the water…
Instead of striving for academic excellence, jackboot methods are being used to force students to think “correctly” on social issues. This op-ed originally appeared October 7, 2017 in the Star…