A local cause célèbre for everyone from Hollywood stars to big name politicians is generating more nationwide headlines. AlphaNews reports that former President Trump mentioned the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF)…
A powerful U.S. Senator rebukes the Minneapolis Fed for playing politics with issues outside its ‘statutory mandate.’
U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey sent a letter to Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari calling on him to cease the bank’s aggressive political lobbying…
Thinking Minnesota Gets a new Managing Editor.
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…
Why the Left wants to rewrite Minnesota’s history.
The Washington Post reported on Monday (June 17) that Michigan Sen. Gary Peters was gearing up to propose (in the newspaper’s words) “the creation of a new federal agency to…
The economy we should want for Minnesota should be one of high investment driving rising wages. It is the economic model Germany had so much success with in the post-war…
In 1970, Minnesota was among the states with the least income inequality. Black household median income was competitive with white households, and Hispanic incomes were nearly identical to white households. Since…
For many years now, adults have been accusing young people of playing too many video games. Kids have snapped back, saying, “It’s my life. I can do what I want…
This morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that GDP grew by 4.1% in Q2 (April-June) this year. Disposable personal income increased by 4.5% and is on pace to grow…
Why do most schools around the country have a three-month break every summer? The nine-month school year was adopted over a century ago, so children could work on the farms…
Last Thursday, Avik Roy, activist and co-founder of Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, came to the University of Minnesota to discuss the state of healthcare in the United States.…
In response to the state's 'labor shortage', Minnesota's employers are digging into pockets of the labor market. Could they play a role in tackling problems of low wages and racial…
General Mills, one of Minnesota’s premiere Fortune 500 companies, made the news this week with renewed speculation that the company is ripe for a takeover. According to the Star Tribune,…
Letter to the Editor: The Star Tribune has done a great job covering the attempt by Gov. Dayton to help AFSCME unionize child-care providers (“Minnesota’s child-care providers say no to…