On November 2, 1965, John Lindsay became the first Republican elected Mayor of New York City since Fiorello La Guardia in 1941 and the last until Rudolph Giuliani in 1993.…
Free speech, suddenly This week, Jimmy Kimmel joined Stephen Colbert in Trotsky’s dustbin of late-night TV history, temporarily, at least. In his Monday evening monologue, Kimmel said: We hit some…
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,…
A Tesla Cybertruck was keyed in the West Fargo Costco parking lot just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 29. The same folks that, not so long ago, advocated for…
As we gear up for another legislative session, I predict we will hear more than once that Minnesota’s public school system “just needs more money” to improve its lackluster academic…
Democrats try to pass Tim Walz off as a small-town moderate, “America’s coach.” The reality is entirely different, as Minnesotans know: he is a hard-core left-winger. Walz is in the…
Happy Fourth of July! While the rest of America is celebrating Independence Day, the national teachers’ union is conducting a day of business during its annual four-day Representative Assembly. This…
It’s a pleasure to join Center of the American Experiment as an energy policy fellow. As a born and raised Alaskan, I am deeply concerned with reducing the red tape…
In May, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed rules to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions from new and existing power plants. Our modeling at American Experiment found these strict regulations would cause massive…
In May, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed rules to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing power plants. Our modeling at American Experiment found these strict regulations would cause massive…
“They’re banning books from their schools. We’re banishing hunger from ours,” tweeted Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday. While it’s not clear who the “they” is that Gov. Walz is referencing,…
In a welcomed nod to the importance of diversity of thought, the University of Minnesota’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance is hosting a series of discussions that…
Questioning the inclusion of ideological agendas in K-12 education is not opposition to fact-based history, as teachers’ unions and activists claim. In fact, making such a claim is a distraction…
Parental concern over what books are made available to their children in school libraries is largely being framed by media and others on the left as “book banning,” “censorship,” or…
A school board member in Eastern Carver County appears to think so. When parents voiced concern to the Eastern Carver County School Board about obscene and sexually explicit books in…
Note to reader: Explicit content Parental concern over what books are made available to their children in school libraries came up recently during an NBC Today Show interview with First…
The manifestation of Critical Race Theory’s framework in K-12 classrooms has jumped to the forefront of education debates seemingly overnight. But the divisive principles and tenets of this 40-year-old academic…
Modern sports are not exempt from controversy — just consider the evolution of equipment and rules, race relations, and politics. But nothing has threatened the future of sports more than…
American Experiment’s John Hinderaker interviews journalist Mollie Hemingway about the irregularities of the 2020 election.
In January 2020, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, announced that he and his wife the Duchess would be stepping back from their roles as senior members of the royal family,…
Renowned author and filmmaker Robert Bryce debunks the misconceptions surrounding wind and solar energy.
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A few weeks ago I wrote about how the Coronavirus shutdown had not resulted in lower levels of particulate matter in the Twin Cities despite a dramatic downturn in daily…