Good history I don’t live in Minnesota, but I appreciate good political reporting and history. Your article [“How the Range was Lost”] was excellent. Mark Pulliam Teacher pay I just…
The DFL’s left and right go to war. On July 7, 1977, state DFL Rep. Phyllis Kahn from Minneapolis addressed a meeting at the Capitol’s State Office Building in St.…
In 1964, Lyndon Johnson was elected president with 61.1% of the popular vote, the highest share for any candidate since 1824. With this mandate, he enacted his Great Society program,…
The Trump administration this week signaled that it may roll back almost 50 years of regulations that created the lengthy and litigious permitting process in the U.S. That would be welcome news…
As calls to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education continue, two questions likely come to mind: Will it happen this time around (there were legislative attempts in 2017 and 2021…
I write occasional articles about Minnesota’s history for our magazine, Thinking Minnesota. In the course of doing so, I often write more material than I have room for, as was…
In the year to June, the Consumer Price Index increased by 9.1%, “the largest 12-month increase since the period ending November 1981.” Back then, the rate was declining from its…
The United States is currently experiencing its fastest rate of inflation, year over year, since mid-1982. Those of you who are old enough to remember that might also remember the…
However, the labor force participation rate is stuck at Jimmy Carter levels. This week, unemployment figures were released for the state of Minnesota, showing that the December unemployment rate fell…
LIberal wind and solar supporters are actually starting to argue that Americans should embrace blackouts. This idea is absolutely insane, but it was the main thesis of an article written…
Minnesota’s Walter Mondale famously failed to resurrect Hubert Humphrey’s liberal coalition, but also took the first, faltering steps toward a new progressive politics that appealed to younger, educated, middle-class voters.
“I think the thing that's most wrong with Hubert Humphrey is that he is not cognizant of the limited, finite ability government has to deal with people's problems. And I…
American Experiment President John Hinderaker interviews acclaimed author Amity Shlaes about the lingering burdens of Big Government domestic policies from the 1960s. Your new book, Great Society, turns out to…
American Experiment President John Hinderaker interviews acclaimed author Amity Shlaes about the lingering burdens of Big Government domestic policies from the 1960s.
How deregulation and tax cuts enable craft brewers to thrive.
Natural gas is a powerful resources that is saving thousands of lives every single year. That’s the conclusion of a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research entitled…
There’s been a fun exchange in the Litchfield Independent Review among Representative Gruenhagen and a member of the public who was defending the Green New Deal. The latest article features…
This article originally appeared in the Winter 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]. When…
Last week's blockbuster jobs report showed that sound economic policy can enable strong growth and reveal the bankruptcy of notions of stagnation.
Giovanetti recognizes that saving for retirement is very hard for most people and addresses the problem of social security being a terrible deal for most Americans---the negative return for many…
The real legacy of the Age of Aquarius was the Reagan Revolution.
You may have heard recently about the federal jobs guarantee. This policy proposes guaranteeing a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits, by the simple expedient…
School Choice Advocate Betsy DeVos was in the U.S. Senate last week for hearings on her nomination to be the new Secretary of Education. Senator Lamar Alexander, the former Secretary…
Conservative author and academic Steve Hayward discusses three upcoming papers for Center of the American Experiment.