If Minnesota is to get on top of its Covid-19 crisis, reducing transmission between care homes by reducing shared staff seems to be an important part of the strategy.
Not only does Gov. Walz get to the make the rules Minnesotans live by via executive order, but he gets to break them when he feels like it. For proles…
A number of statues stand on the ground of the Minnesota Capitol. Since 1931, these have included a statue of Christopher Columbus. The Columbus monument was erected, in part, to…
A 'failed state' is defined as "a state whose political or economic system has become so weak that the government is no longer in control." For a few days in…
In the midst of the overheated political responses to the Twin Cities riots, Minnesotans steadily support their cops but overwhelmingly expect reform.
With crime on the rise, there is evidence that business are starting to recognize Minneapolis as somewhere to be avoided.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
American 'liberals', who claim to be so much more worldly than their 'conservative' countrymen and women, can be thoroughly parochial themselves. Blaming the Trump administration for the record economic collapse…
Our economy has suffered terrible damage this year. When you shut large chunks of it down to combat a virus, that can only be expected. Other countries have experienced similar…
When Wisconsin's Supreme Court struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ “Safer at Home” order on May 13th, we in Minnesota were told that Sconnies would suffer. In fact, since then, Minnesota…
Since Memorial Day, the number of murders in Minneapolis is up 109% over the same period last year. The first six months of 2020 saw murders in St. Paul up…
The video of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on Memorial Day is sickening. There is no way that arresting a man for an alleged minor infraction should involve a police…
Recent months have given Minnesotans a front-row seat to the shortcomings of liberal governance.
In the run up to the imposition of the mask mandate, much was made of how widespread support for it was, including from the business community. Is it any wonder,…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
When Gov. Walz announced his five point plan to tackle the Covid-19 crisis in Minnesota's care homes, they accounted for 80% of the state's deaths from the disease. Of the…
New research from the CDC suggests that Covid-19 could have an Infection Fatality Rate in Minnesota of 0.3%.
Just because doing something is a good idea, it doesn't necessarily follow that it is a good idea for government to force people to do it. Ask yourself how, in…
Minnesota has had more Covid-19 deaths in its care homes - 1,172 - than 30 states have had in total. If we strip out care home deaths, our state is…
Mining opponents in Minnesota often argue that instead of developing some of the largest undeveloped deposits of copper and nickel in the world, Northeastern Minnesotans should instead focus on creating…
This op ed appeared in the Duluth News Tribune on July 18th, 2020 In May, Kris Schiffler, owner of Shady’s Hometown Tavern in Albany, Minnesota, announced he was going to…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Police did nothing to stop vandals from tearing down a statue of Christopher Columbus.
Recent months have given Minnesotans a front-row seat to the shortcomings of liberal governance.