As with the positivity rate, it isn't clear that the ratio of community spread cases makes a very useful benchmark for whether Minnesota is in a state of emergency or…
The U.S. Department of Education recognized eight Minnesota elementary schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for their work in closing achievement gaps between student groups and all students. No Minnesota…
Liberal environmentalists are swooning over the fact that China has recently announced that it will be “climate neutral” by 2060. State Representative Jamie Long (DFL), who authored a bill that…
New data shows that during the strictest period of the lockdown (March to May), vaccinations and screenings for childhood diseases, as well as other visits dropped tremendously. This spells significant…
There’s a new application for the law stating for every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction. Permits to carry and gun sales in the state were already up considerably…
The data has consistently failed to support the state government's dire warnings. Rather than ditching the dire warnings, the state government is ditching the data.
Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed and executive order that will ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel powered cars and trucks in California by 2035. This is exactly why…
The 2020 school year is underway, but not all public school parents are pleased with district schools' choice of learning model, causing support for school choice to surge.
While it is clear that the coronavirus pandemic has significantly impacted businesses, especially small businesses, it will be a long time before society can understand the full effect that the…
Minnesota's sentencing guidelines might need a rethink.
Given that many students were struggling and behind academically pre-COVID, measuring student achievement and academic progress through state assessments during a pandemic—even if it's challenging—matters.
Last evening, I was informed that I was not selected to serve on the Governor's Advisory Council on Climate Change. You can read the email informing me of the Governor's…
Despite the 2020 school year underway, much uncertainty remains. Will your child have to do distance learning for the entire school year? Will your child's school move from in-person to…
A group called of wealthy individuals called Patriotic millionaires has joined forces with other groups like Oxfam, Tax Justice, and many others, and is backing an ongoing project called “Millionaires…
Regular readers of Center of the American Experiment understand that wind and solar are expensive, unreliable, and they require massive amounts of metals to generate just a fraction of the…
As long as testing is not truly 'random', the positivity rate is an unreliable benchmark.
According to Williamson Evers with the Independent Institute, there are similarities between school reopening efforts in post-Saddam Iraq and reopening schools in the United States during COVID-19. Hint: Both countries…
When it comes to solving the affordable housing crisis, legislators most often exclusively suggest increased funding or rent control. What they seem to ignore, however, is that the housing market…
The Minnesota State High School League has reversed course, finally falling into line with neighboring states by reinstating the fall seasons for football and volleyball. Now if schools could only…
In an unlisted YouTube video discovered by Choice Media, Lily Eskelsen Garcia (former president of the national teachers' union) tells Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden that charter schools are "very…
For the time being at least, while COVID-19 is still with us, the data is clear: The emergency period of this pandemic is over.
Governor Walz continues his push to transform Minnesota into Walzifornia by enacting California car mandates in our state. These mandates would increase the cost of new vehicles by up to…
The union fought to be the exclusive representative over the workers it organizes, regardless of their membership status, and has a monopoly over negotiating the contract with the employer. Therefore,…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.