Donald Trump’s pledge to crack down on sanctuary cities like Minneapolis and St. Paul and roll back Obama’s executive amnesty orders for students, among others, has led to calls for…
Editor’s Note: One of the most important themes in last month’s elections had to do with the many millions of Americans who believe they are stuck in place occupationally and…
On Thursday (Dec. 8) American Experiment will host Heather Mac Donald, the premier crime expert in the nation for a special lunch forum on her new book: The War on…
No matter what you think about the financing deal for U.S. Bank Stadium (not much), we can all agree that public infrastructure projects should not be turned into partisan slush…
President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to make it rough on so-called “sanctuary cities” that do not cooperate with federal authorities on immigration cases. Despite Trump’s warning about cutting off potentially…
Lt. Governor Tina Smith wants to be our next governor. The relentlessly cheerful campaign, which is conducted out of Governor Dayton’s office, began years ago. Now the pace has picked…
You’d think trained journalists would use their reason and investigative skills to dig and uncover “the real story” instead of jumping quickly and uncritically to the “cops are biased” narrative. …
Despite three straight losses, it may be premature for Vikings season ticket holders to throw in the towel just yet. There’s a lot of football to be played for a…
That idea seems farfetched, but both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have begun running television advertising in Minnesota, so their own polling must show the race as reasonably close. An…
Fergus Falls educators, manufacturers take on the skills gap
Noon, September 20, Hilton Hotel, Minneapolis.
Former White House press secretary and current Fox News pundit keynotes 2016 Annual Dinner.
On Monday (Oct. 24) Minneapolis City Council member Blong Yang responded to my earlier Star Tribune op-ed that discussed the council’s politically correct repeal of their lurking ordinance and the…
Minneapolis City Hall never passes up the opportunity to jump on the latest left-wing fad such as Indigenous Peoples Day that was officially declared again last week. The latest comic relief…
The hero of their flight against mandatory union fees says 'this battle for liberty cannot be abandoned'
It was reported this week that national high school graduation rates reached an all-time high of 83.2 percent for the 2014-15 school year. This is good news. As is the…
Minneapolis had a lurking law that helped head off trouble. Then political correctness struck. In the wake of more downtown shootings, it’s great that Minneapolis leaders are making new plans…
It’s no secret the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs faculty tend to hold and promote liberal views. That just goes with the territory in academia. According to…
After early Monday morning shootings in downtown Minneapolis left six wounded within a half a block of the downtown police station, Minneapolis leaders promptly announced another new anti-crime program. Star…
You no doubt have noticed that our website says Center of the American Experiment is “Minnesota’s Think Tank.” We use that phrase a lot–on t-shirts, on the radio, and elsewhere.…
It is no secret that the crime rate has been rising in Minneapolis, as it has in many cities in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, the war…
[Related News: Minneapolis Ranked 25th Most Dangerous City] Some unjustified police shootings, a dangerous narrative fomented by the Black Lives Matter movement, and a complicit media who slot everything into…
Update: Minnesota Public Radio covered the event, listen to its report here: “How would $15 minimum wage affect workers?” Thanks to the Center for the American Experiment for the opportunity…
American Experiment flagged this issue a few months ago in response to news accounts about the Met Council’s latest harebrained scheme of racial quotas for parks. The Metropolitan Council never…