It was big news at the time. Liban Osman, the brother of then-Minneapolis city council candidate Jamal Osman, posted a video to social media in the summer of 2020 that…
On Wednesday, electric vehicle maker Nikola filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it plans to “wind down operations.” The company is also seeking approval to hold an auction…
The information about who and what was behind the deadly terror attack in New Orleans early New Year’s Day has now been vetted. As of yesterday, the FBI has concluded…
The Biden administration knows its “signature” climate tax breaks and subsidies are on the line. That’s why it’s doled out a staggering $6.6 billion loan to EV maker Rivian to…
Ford Motor Company reported some ugly, but unsurprising, news from its third-quarter earnings report: the company lost $1.2 billion on its electric vehicle business. It turns out that simply making…
Unlike the assassination attempt of former President Trump in Butler Pennsylvania in July, authorities have released very few details on the assassination attempt against President Trump this past Sunday in…
Yesterday, noting the squeeze on gas tax revenues relative to the construction and maintenance they are required to help cover, I asked how should we pay for the roads? One…
National news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal detail recent concerns about soaring energy prices crippling heavy industry in Germany and several other European countries. The nascent deindustrialization of…
A growing number of articles have detailed how soaring energy prices are crippling heavy industry in Germany and several other European countries. The nascent deindustrialization of Europe stems from decades of bad energy policies mandating…
I’m not generally a fan of calling anything I disagree with “woke,” but in this instance, the headline was too good to pass up. On November 27, 2023, Ed Ballard…
The demand for electric vehicles continues to crater, leading Tesla, Ford, GM and VW to dramatically cut back production lines. Ford alone estimates a loss of $4.5 billion on electric…
Next Tuesday, residents in St. Paul will vote on whether to approve a 1 percent sales tax hike whose revenue will be used for the city’s streets and parks. If…
Nationally renowned author and energy journalist Robert Bryce wrote a terrific piece on his Substack detailing how Ford lost nearly $73,000 for every electric vehicle it sold in the second…
The sole suspect charged in an alleged child gang rape should not have been free. Oscar Ernesto Luna, age 22, has been charged with the alleged rape of an 11-year-old…
Lorain, Ohio is a modest town, still struggling after major employers shut down. The American Ship Building Company, Ford Motor Company assembly plant, and the United States Steel Corporation’s steel…
Minnesotans suffer from higher-than-average prices for accommodation and childcare. In both cases, the cause is excessive taxes, fees, and/or regulations, imposed by government, which restrict supply relative to demand and…
For Liban Alishire, the JigJiga is truly up. Last night, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota sent out a press release announcing the latest guilty plea in the Feeding Our Future…
On Friday, Gov. Walz tweeted: This is not true. In 2019, Gov. Walz proposed a 2% tax on the cost of every medical procedure performed in the state of Minnesota,…
The subject of the Department of Justice’s fourth indictment in the Feeding Our Future scandal is an entity called Haji’s Kitchen, run by a man with the last name of…
In putting together the September indictments of the 49 individuals charged so far in the Feeding Our Future scandal, the Department of Justice went well beyond the cast of characters…
A St. Paul man awaiting trial on violent crime charges has been implicated in the murder of Dion Ford, a former St. Paul Central High School basketball star, pictured here:…
High prices are not problems in themselves; rather, they are symptoms of underlying problems which lead demand to outstrip supply. Digging into these underlying problems and their causes requires some…
Health policy edition.
It is well-understood that high energy prices make it harder for businesses to stay competitive. In Michigan, lawmakers are trying to put a taxpayer-funded band-aid on their economy by giving…