Amtrak’s operating loss for 2018 came in at $168 million–and they’re proud of it. Never mind that the passenger line would be even more in the red if the cost…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The Green New Deal (GND) has become the talk of the down despite the fact that Ernie Moniz, the head of the Department of Energy under the Obama administration, has…
As you read the blog below, keep in mind how Sen. Elizabeth Warren declared herself to be an American Indian when she thought Harvard Law School would thereby afford her…
If 'the rich' are going to pay for everything then somebody had better be rich.
An American Enterprise Institute report examines the heightened interest in career and technical education and its long-running notability compared to other education reform efforts such as No Child Left Behind,…
This column by American Experiment Chairman Ron Eibensteiner appeared in the Grand Rapids Herald Review. All the political talk about “Two Minnesotas” in this past campaign season inspired me to…
Happy Valentines Day, everyone. Here is an article I wrote three years ago that appeared in USA Today that is right for the occasion. With Valentine’s Day rapidly approaching, Americans naturally…
The cons of the West 7th streetcar are that it will be expensive, disrupt the neighborhood for three years while it is built, serve fewer people, lengthen the journey, and…
When it comes to voting on school district referendums, the deck is already largely stacked against local taxpayers. “Vote Yes” committees operate increasingly sophisticated and expensive campaigns with insider help. While…
Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship program reveals school vouchers are linked to college success.
Alexis de Tocqueville is properly credited for getting America insightfully right in his legendary Democracy in America in the 1830s. My goodness, the young Frenchman was brilliantly prescient, but who…
Lower refunds are a result of more accurate withholding through the year. This has meant fewer and smaller interest free loans to the government, which is a good thing.
British journalist and politician Daniel Hannan recently wrote a smart defense of high CEO pay in the Washington Examiner. His are arguments rarely heard among the leftist shouts to “abolish…
EdChoice’s “2018 Schooling in America” survey used part of its annual online questionnaire to learn more about educators’ outlook on the teaching profession. To measure a teacher’s “enthusiasm” for the…
As you might expect, I’m quick to note when someone uses the term “American Experiment” in referring to the Center. But I’m equally alert when the term has nothing to…
The Democrats’ Green New Socialism proposes blanketing the U.S. with solar panels and wind turbines so as to replace all reliable forms of power generation with unreliable, intermittent sources. Everyone…
Isaac Orr talks energy policy in Minnesota in the wake of the polar vortex. Click on the link to access the episode.
To make housing affordable, policymakers need to remove the things that are making it unaffordable now: excessive regulations.
The Wall Street Journal ran a particularly sobering story recently (February 2-3) about how “Older Americans are being crushed by a mountain of student loans—their children’s and their own.” How…
Hello! This week’s episode of In the Tank deals with the green new deal insanity, the abject failure of Panera Cares, and stadium subsidies (hint, it’s not great for MN).
Media Contact: Kim Crockett, Vice President & General Counsel; [email protected], 612.388.2820 (Golden Valley, MN) A report released by Center of the American Experiment uses original research to confirm that, except for…
A new report finds that the 'affordable housing' crisis in the Twin Cities is a creation of state and local government here. Regulations, passed by lawmakers here, have driven costs…
On Tuesday, I was in St. Paul to testify on House File 700, which would increase Minnesota’s renewable energy mandate to 55 percent renewable by 2030, and 80 percent renewable…