This is my third post, of hopefully many to come, as a regular weekly resource for our readers: The top ten stories, for the week ending on July 10, 2026,…
The case of Tou Lou Vang has made headlines over recent weeks after Minnesota’s Board of Pardons (Governor Walz, Attorney General Ellison, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Hudson) unanimously voted…
“Landmark June 2026 study found DCs modestly reduced US electricity prices between 2015 and 2024.” – Love ’em or hate ’em; data centers are not the source of electricity inflation…
Fahima Mahamud, age 50, defendant No. 79 in the free-food fraud scandal, pled guilty to two fraud counts this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was…
It’s that time of year again when CNBC pulls out of who-knows-where some ranking which purports to show Minnesota’s economy going gangbusters. The release of CNBC’s ‘Top States for Business’…
On Wednesday July 8th at 5:00 PM, at the State Capitol, Minnesotans joined groups around the country to read the Declaration of Independence to mark the exact time 250 years…
Mustafa Jama, Feeding Our Future defendant No. 42 (out of 80), became just the 19th defendant sentenced in the free food-fraud scandal this afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown…
Minnesota’s budget has been on shaky ground since the end of the 2023 legislative session. The latest update from Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) confirms that lawmakers did little to…
After a holiday weekend in which the metro area experienced multiple shootings and at least one murder involving Somali gang members, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher posted a video on…
In the 2008 Pixar movie WALL-E, humans live a leisurely existence aboard an endlessly floating spacecraft after Earth has been contaminated through littering. In this spacecraft, robotic technicians tend to…
Last week, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison advised the 16-person Conviction Review Advisory Board that he was suspending operation of his office’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU). Ellison did not issue…
Since it launched, as and when the data have become available, I have been tracking the performance of Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) scheme against the forecasts on…
This article is a reproduction of my presentation to the Summer Senate on July 7, 2026 that attempted to tell the real story using economic graphs and statistical charts. Introduction…
Last week brought news that a three-person panel containing both Governor Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison had issued a pardon to a man who had been convicted of repeatedly…
The number of habeas corpus cases filed in Minnesota is ramping back up again, reflecting both renewed ICE enforcement activity and increasingly lenient judges. Since March 25, when the federal…
Freedom of speech Without hesitation, the thing I treasure the most about the United States of America is our freedom of speech. This freedom is guaranteed among a short list…
In 1826, Americans prepared to celebrate their country’s fiftieth birthday. It was a time to reflect on the audacious gamble that had seen a group of colonists take up arms…
Economic growth St. Cloud Times: ‘Erratic’ tariffs blamed for Minnesota export slump Grand Rapids Herald Review: Sliding mineral fuel sales continue to drive Minnesota’s quarterly export declines WJON: St. Cloud…
This is the second in a series of articles explaining how the United States came to be and how the lands we now know as Minnesota came to be a…
Yesterday, we wrote about a man who was convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl but has now been pardoned by a three-person panel including Governor Walz and Attorney General…
This is my second post, of hopefully many to come, as a regular weekly resource for our readers: The top ten stories, for the week ending on July 3, 2026,…
Leonides Hernanez-Portillo, 39, made his first appearance in federal court today (July 2), facing two felony criminal counts related to illegal immigration. He was indicted by a federal grand jury…
When the United States celebrated its 200th birthday in 1976, it wasn’t the best time for a party. In 1974, President Nixon had resigned from office following the Watergate scandal…
Center of the American Experiment has just released a new index clearly showing the miserable trajectory for electricity inflation in the Twin Cities. This is the Minnesota Electricity Misery Index. Or MEMI…