Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in July, after rising 0.3…
Modern sports are not exempt from controversy — just consider the evolution of equipment and rules, race relations, and politics. But nothing has threatened the future of sports more than…
Last week’s vice-presidential debate once again elevated the very controversial abortion law that Gov. Tim Walz signed in 2023, which many pro-life advocates claim now allows a doctor to let…
It was the tweet heard-round-the-world. At 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the local CBS affiliate, WCCO TV Channel 4 posted this on Twitter (X): Those 14 words have generated a firestorm. The…
On Saturday evening at 6:11 p.m. in Pennsylvania, former President Trump was speaking at a campaign rally when at least three shots were fired at him from a 20-year-old man…
Jason Metsa, former DFL state representative from the Iron Range (2013-2019), and former Deputy Commissioner of the state agency Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB), was arrested yesterday and…
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), based in Minneapolis, is mentioned in news reports of yesterday’s failed anti-Israel protests slated for the main Tallahassee campus of Florida State University. Local…
The now infamous tiny house that was supposed to be a prototype for the city's Rebuild Duluth affordable housing program has instead turned out to be a massive and expensive…
Norman Lear, the legendary screenwriter and producer, died yesterday aged 101. Lear made his name with shows which were either remakes of British originals or spin-offs from those remakes.
All politics are global. Our story so far: Twin Cities’ native Tyeastia Green worked for a spell as the City of Burlington, VT’s Director of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.…
Book review of Michael Lewis’ Going Infinite. I recommend. The subtitle of Michael Lewis’ newest book reads, “The rise and fall of a new tycoon.” The tycoon in question is…
State and local taxes and spending Kare 11: Tax conformity bill delivers tax cuts Kare 11: New MN tax bill and its impact KIMT 3: Some Minnesota DFL lawmakers express…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Will Minnesota taxes from legal marijuana help pay for education, social programs? Probably not U.S. News: Minnesota Governor Still Wants Tax Rebates…
State and local taxes and spending Faribault Daily News: We need targeted tax relief Pioneer Press: Real World Economics: Property taxes are simple, and complex Park Rapids Enterprise: Nevis school…
The story is a familiar one: missing free-food money, but no arrests or charges. The setting is the southeast Alabama city of Dothan, so the accents are different. The peanut…
WCCO-TV aired a story on the news Wednesday evening of a homeless encampment along the Midtown Greenway in south Minneapolis. The CBS affiliate even aired drone footage of the site,…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced this week that inflation rose by 8.5 percent in the year to March. This is the fastest annual rate of increase since December 1981.…
On Thursday, February 3, American Experiment reported on a new study by economists at Johns Hopkins University that finds the body of empirical evidence shows lockdowns had “little to no…
Six people among a group of twenty were charged last week with felony theft for their roles in a series of “flash mob” robberies from several retail stores the day…
How a garbage-strewn rail yard in downtown Los Angeles portends doom for America. A dysfunctional Union Pacific rail yard filled with discarded packages and abandoned cargo epitomizes the nation’s current…
The vaunted political clout of the teachers’ unions might be collapsing under the weight of their own arrogance
Last week, I recounted the Biden administration’s shifting stance on inflation, from ‘non-existent’ through ‘good thing’ to ‘conspiracy by evil businesses.’ The pivot away from celebrating inflation as sign of…
The pandemic, the death of George Floyd, the trial of Derek Chauvin and now the death of Daunte Wright have put the state of Minnesota and its people under a…
We cannot expect the economy to return to normal while restrictions remain.