For students in school today, September 11, 2001 is history. But the day that forever changed America is not included in Minnesota’s K-12 social studies standards. It used to be…
Tobacco taxes hurt low-income Minnesotans, small businesses.
I was very pleased to see that my recent Star Tribune op-ed — Minnesota, we have a problem — generated not one but two day’s worth of replies. Sadly, many…
While the Affordable Care Act provided coverage through Medicaid expansion and generous premium subsidies, it also put the individual market in chaos and on the verge of collapse. Back in…
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2020, the minimum wage workforce was mostly made up of young, low-skilled workers with low levels of education. Additionally, most minimum wage workers…
A politicized press and an elite establishment perpetuate racism as America’s defining trait.
In December, then president-elect Joe Biden pledged to reopen a “majority” of schools by the end of his first 100 days as president. This then shifted to a majority of…
It’s a simple fact that income levels in most low-cost states cannot support a $15 minimum wage.
According to the Annual National Migration Study, in 2020, Americans migrated to states that had, among other things, more favorable tax environments. Minnesota, on the net, lost residents to other…
Why the 'Happy Warrior' would find no perch among today's progressives.
According to an Education Week survey conducted in July, one-third of teachers said they were "somewhat likely" or "very likely" to leave their job this year given the coronavirus and…
Imagine the following, Uri is a retired 83-year-old Michigan engineer, and in 2014 he accidentally underpaid, by $8.41, the property taxes on a home he rented out. But instead of…
The high cost of childcare in Minnesota - caused chiefly by government regulation - strains families and our economy, especially in Greater Minnesota.
Malawi-born Martha Njolomole joins the Center’s staff.
Today the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case that could greatly impact the role private schools play in the school choice debate. Three Montana mothers are…
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2020 Issue of Thinking Minnesota, now the second largest magazine in Minnesota. To receive a free trial issue send your name and address to [email protected]. Hubert…
In addition to all the new true believers in Gopher football there surely are new skeptics also, but not the kind with doubts about whether the team is really good.…
Center of the American Experiment is deepening its focus on economic policy and analysis with the addition of economist Martha Njolomole to its policy staff. Martha earned a Master of…
Fresh Energy, a renewable energy advocacy organization, continues to mislead Minnesotan’s on energy issues — and it appears they don’t appreciate our work explaining how wind and solar are driving…
“Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another” - Milton Friedman
Farmers across Minnesota are now cast into regulatory uncertainty as the U.S. District Court in South Carolina ruled against the Trump administration's attempt to block the Obama-era Waters of the…
In Endcliffe Park in my hometown, Sheffield, there is a memorial to Lt John Kriegshauser, John Humphrey, Robert Mayfield, Charles Tuttle, Vito Ambrosio, George Williams, Lyle Curtis, Melchor Hernandez, Harry Estabrooks,…
Public views on K-12 education can inform future policies and should be considered to drive lasting improvement to the country’s education system. These views were recently captured in a report…
The latest federal government shutdown hardly registered a blip when it came to the effect on daily life for most folks. The inconsequential impact was partly due to the short–just…