Wednesday afternoon, American Experiment launched its “Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree” project with a kickoff event at the Minnesota History Center. The keynote speech was delivered by Nick Eberstadt,…
Mitch Pearlstein and American Experiment have led the quest for real school choice since Mitch founded the Center 27 years ago. We applaud the great work Mitch has done, and…
The Minneapolis Public Schools board had quite the gathering Tuesday evening. What was supposed to be a pretty cut-and-dried meeting turned into the board voting on an item that wasn’t…
I give Eliot Seide, Minnesota’s leading public employee union boss, credit for his clever Star Tribune column (“OK, it’s a drag, but think what your taxes do”) that painted all the…
Student fees at Minnesota’s public universities and colleges used to be something of an afterthought in the whirl of registering for classes. But over the years those fees have become…
Writing in the Observer, Arick Wierson rates the three worst mayors in the U.S. Wierson ranks the mayor of Minneapolis, Betsy Hodges, second-worst. Hodges is in rarefied company: #3 on…
Congratulations to Stanley S. Hubbard and family on being honored for their contributions to journalism by the University of Minnesota. The UOM will rebrand the “J” school the Hubbard School…
Minnesotans pay the second highest amount among the state, $14,624 per capita, in federal taxes after Delaware. And it is not just because the women are strong and the men…
A speech delivered Monday night by Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges proved once again her re-election campaign is focused on President Donald Trump. She mentioned his name 58 times in her…
Election fraud in Minnesota is the top story in today’s edition of The Daily Signal out of the nation’s capital. Not more cases of felons and other ineligible residents who…
An unsigned excerpt from an editorial in a college newspaper, the Wellesley News, was featured in The Wall Street Journal. It demonstrates that these college students have learned all too…
The Star Tribune reports on something that has been in the wind for a while: Minnesota may lose a congressional seat following the 2020 census. Currently, Minnesota has eight congressional…
Our military used to boast about its fire power. These days the brass brags about its solar power. The Minnesota National Guard has just unveiled the latest weapon in the…
We have more than once debunked the claim–often asserted by liberals–that Minnesota’s recent economic performance under Governor Dayton has been better than Wisconsin’s performance under Governor Walker. This is alleged…
Students at the University of Minnesota can now determine whether or not they have “white privilege.” A display board with an 11-point checklist to identify “white privilege” was found hanging…
From today’s Pioneer Press, an appalling story that should be a wake-up call: A Detroit-area emergency room doctor has been charged for allegedly performing genital mutilation on two 7-year-old girls…
Earmark has been a dirty word since Congress banned the practice following the fury over Alaska’s $223 million “Bridge to Nowhere.” But now earmarks–the directing of public funds to specific…
Gustavus Adolphus is teaching students how to fight fake news. There is concern, though, that the college's library encourages students to trust media outlets from only one end of the…
In yesterday’s Star Tribune, the paper’s editorial board hailed a recent study that found Minnesota’s state and local taxes are distributed nearly equally across all income categories. Minnesotans, the study…
Hopkins real estate developer Kelly Doran wrote an enraged commentary in the Star Tribune when he heard that 84 state legislators had asked the FTA and Congress to kill Southwest…
A Minneapolis ban on plastic bags is set to take effect on June 1. According to a city news release, the purpose of the ban is “to reduce the litter,…
Here is Doug Berdie, a Minneapolis semi-retired marketing executive and researcher, in a common-sense plea to liberals in the Strib to liberals: “Think about the pre-election push for transgender bathroom…
It baffles many on the right why Democrats would double-down on a far left agenda that’s decimated the party’s stable of elected officials nationwide, including here. But a crack in…
For years the Minnesota Board of Teaching has largely ignored licensing reforms passed by legislators. The reforms were aimed in part at easing the statewide teacher shortage by speeding up…