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…
The Met Council and the next pandemic.
On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden released his updated plan for energy, which calls for expanding renewable energy mandates to meet a 100 percent carbon-free electric…
Minnesotans support cops. Expect reform.
While Minneapolis city council and 'Self-described liberals' are dreaming big dreams of abolishing the police and replacing them with an undefined “new transformative model for cultivating safety”, people are dying. How…
There is, at present, a broad consensus in America that policing reform is needed. That consensus will shatter if extremists, like those at City Pages, succeed in hijacking the cause…
Minneapolis city council is moving to abolish the police. The city's residents might not be so keen.
At the national level the federal response to the coronavirus appears destined to make big government bigger. But the financial fallout at the local government level may serve as a…
What a difference a real public health crisis makes, as opposed to the manufactured imminent threat to our collective survival from climate change. Last fall Minneapolis elected officials banned new…
Minneapolis is too important to leave in the hands of its own elected officials.
When local governments attempt to address global problems, they often abdicate responsibility for local ones. This is unacceptable, because local problems grow worse while the city squanders resources on something…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Mr. Albosaad arrived in Minneapolis from Iraq in 1994 and built a successful business. Now, the city council is strangling it with regulations.
“In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city—except for bombing.” - Assar Lindbeck
It’s easy to gang up on cities, and not just because of gangs. But if I were to pick just one reason why cities often anger me, it would be…
Who bears responsibility for enabling the violent crime wave in downtown Minneapolis? It’s evident much of the problem lies with elected officials who refuse to take ownership of the problem…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Minnesota just implemented the toughest wage-theft law in the nation for businesses that shortchange workers. But that’s not good enough for Minneapolis pols who insist on the need for a…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Suffice it to say Republican candidates didn’t do well on Election Day last month in urban America. Then, again, they haven’t done well in big and other good-sized cities for…
Coming out of Election Day two weeks ago, much has been said and written about how conservatives and Republicans generally did lousy in suburbs across the country, and how they…
Minneapolis’s grand plan to reduce auto congestion through bike lanes.
Conservatives have long considered the Minneapolis City Council to be out of control. But now, even some liberal city council members find themselves in agreement, according to the Star Tribune.…