After American Experiment launched its campaign to improve the second draft of Minnesota’s K-12 Social Studies Standards, a Minnesota school superintendent posed a good question: Which parts are CRT specifically?…
Mainstreet Minnesotans fight the ‘woke’ direction of K-12 education.
Many in America see ills such as poverty and claim that it is government's job to solve them. According to the Declaration of Independence, that isn't how the government of…
A cabal of progressives wants to rewrite how students learn about their American heritage.
It’s not too late to fight the alarming attempt to further radicalize public school curriculum.
New polling shows huge support for photo ID in Minnesota.
The Department of Education is defending its first draft of revised social studies standards by stating this early version “provided a revision of the standards, not the benchmarks.” The Social…
The New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ is the latest chapter in the American left’s ongoing campaign to rewrite history.
The Minnesota Department of Education has recently released the first working draft of the state's K-12 academic standards in social studies. The public feedback and comment period about this first…
Young voters skew strikingly more liberal on a variety of issues.
The 1619 Project's essay on slavery and capitalism got it wrong about the 19th century economy. It was also pretty far off on the current economy.
Brexit exemplifies what happens when electorates vote in ways the elite don’t like.
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]. In…
The newspaper’s slavery-at-the-fore reframing of American history distorts this country’s progress and the exceptional ideals that drive it. This Sunday Cover Op-Ed originally appeared in the Star Tribune on December…
Brexit was voted on by U.K. citizens. We need to respect the voice of the people.
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 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]. In George Orwell’s…
It’s worth retracing their paths as progressives aim to edit the Constitution again This op-ed originally appeared as the Sunday Opinion cover in the Star Tribune on October 6, 2019.…
Why the Left wants to rewrite Minnesota’s history.
He’s back! Former Minnesota Senator Al Franken has burst out of hiding in a slew of media coverage raising questions over whether the ex-funnyman should have quit his job under…
On Memorial Day, Americans remember and honor those who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. When you look at the numbers – 4,435 in the Revolutionary…
The biggest battle in American history began 100 years ago today. Yet, today, it seems to be largely forgotten.
No region has suffered more from historical neglect than the Midwest.
One might think that Minnesota would be one of the last places to pull down statues. The state joined the union just in time for the Civil War, in which…
There won’t be any parades, marching bands or fireworks at the abandoned pioneer graveyard in the countryside just south of Montrose. But one of Minnesota’s long forgotten defenders of freedom…