Celebrities like Steve Carrell and Justin Timberlake are giving money to the people who wrecked large parts of the Twin Cities. They should give it to their victims instead.
Nearly everyone acknowledges that the lack of housing available for people of low and middle income is one of the most serious problems facing the Twin Cities today. Experts use…
The New York Times’ reframing of American history—launched as “The 1619 Project”—will now be taught in K-12 schools around the country.
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…
When news broke on Monday that the Chicago Public Schools district was recommending the closure of two allegedly “poor” performing charter schools, the Chicago Teachers’ Union wasted no time condemning…
How can American employers better tap into the talents of students in our nation’s community colleges? Accenture, a global professional services firm, believes that enhanced use of apprenticeships offers an…
California is incurring yet another round of blackouts to try and prevent strong winds from causing power lines to break and starting fires. The result is approximately 318,000 California customers…
It’s unfortunate the teachers’ union resorted, again, to using students and families as its political pawns. The Chicago teachers’ strike was more than a labor agreement dispute, it was a…
As the Chicago teachers’ union strike continues to receive national media coverage, I want to share a perspective on the walkout from a Chicago Public Schools alumna who sees the…
The Walz administration’s attempt to get Minnesota taxpayers to subsidize a proposed $550 million passenger train to Grand Casino Hinckley and Duluth-Superior came up empty with the failure to pass…
“The gangsters of Chicago are out to take over the city and are on their way to doing so unless they are stopped. We are starting to see business move…
Cases of labor union leaders violating the trust of the members they claim to represent is a persistent problem that unions refuse to address. Here is a summer wrap up…
Created by Deon Clark of TCI Solutions, the Legacy I-3 model prepares local and diverse talent to be viable candidates energy companies are looking for.
The Star Tribune recently ran a short piece (July 19) about how Haskell’s Wine Bar on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis closed last month for several reasons, one being how, “Panhandlers…
Amtrak continues to lose passengers in Minnesota, even as DFL Governor Tim Walz, MnDOT and the national rail service continue to pursue a partnership to initiate two new Amtrak-operated but…
1968 did not usher in the Age of Aquarius. From the glimpses we got, like the Manson Family and Altamont, it would have been the ultimate bad trip.
The average annual salary for Leisure and hospitality jobs in St. Louis County was just $16,904 in 2018. For Metal ore mining jobs, it was $98,954.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of…
The University of Chicago made waves last week by releasing the findings of a working paper that found renewable energy mandates cause electricity prices to rise. This won’t be surprising…
This is a troubling use of strikes (some legal, some illegal depending on the state law) because unions are using their clout to limit, or even take out, their competition…
Old rail lines never die. They keep chugging along, powered by just enough taxpayer funding for the required environmental and operational studies to maintain bureaucratic momentum over the years. Then…
The non-profit car sharing service HOURCAR claims to be about more than just making a buck like ordinary car rental companies–much more. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, everything we do is…
Well, folks. The results of the Energy Information Administration’s autopsy of the January 2019 polar vortex are in and wind fared very poorly, mainly because wind plants were turned off…
"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long", as someone once said. It was just 29 months from the release of CCR's first LP to the release…