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…
My colleague John Phelan has been writing about the latest U.S. Census data, showing the continued net exodus from Minnesota to other states. Since the last national census (April 1,…
I’ve previously written how Minnesota performance on national tests is the worst in 30 years, but what does that mean for the impacted students’ futures? Lower skills, and therefore future…
Uncovering Minnesota’s extreme laws regarding medicalized treatment for gender-distressed young people.
The legacy of the policeman turned mayor who fought Minneapolis crime and establishment politicians.
Decades of bad energy policy in Europe have left Europeans scouring for firewood to stay warm this winter. Bloomberg writes: Not far from Berlin’s Tempelhof airport, Peter Engelke is putting…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released a graph today showing Europe is mainly dependent upon imports for its natural gas. According to EIA: Imports of natural gas by both pipeline…
On Monday, American Experiment described how the rising demand for nickel is resulting in expanded mining for the essential metal in a rainforest in the Philippines. Today, we will take…
Bloomberg reports that Norway’s government will subsidize rising electricity prices in an aid package totaling more than 8 billion kroner ($890 million) to help mitigate the impact of record electricity…
A couple of years ago I asked if Gov. Tim Walz was a Canute. This was a reference to the 11th century king of England, Denmark and Norway, Cnut the…
It is generally agreed, even by the greenest among us, that efforts to fight ‘climate change’ by ending the use of fossil fuels in the West will be a fair…
The following article originally appeared at RealClearEnergy: With the election of Joe Biden, the environmental movement has now established suzerainty over global economics. Gone not only is the troublesome Donald Trump but…
New research finds that 'Pattern-or-Practice' investigations into crime and policing which followed 'viral' incidents of deadly force "have led to a large and statistically significant increase in homicides and total…
The U.S. economy has taken a pounding from Covid-19. But so have other economies. To judge how well or badly we have fared, it is reasonable to ask 'relative to…
Minneapolis city council is moving to abolish the police. The city's residents might not be so keen.
The 1619 Project's essay on slavery and capitalism got it wrong about the 19th century economy. It was also pretty far off on the current economy.
You can talk to people about the weather-driven variation in electricity output from wind and solar power until you’re blue in the face, but it will never be as effective…
People don't always respond to taxes the way policymakers want them to.
Yesterday I made my first ever trip to the White House to hear President Trump talk about the great progress the United States has made on making sure we have…
Drawing on a brilliant book by Berkeley’s Neil Gilbert, I recently (April 25) wrote about how family fragmentation adversely affects economic and social mobility. But what about perpetual claims that…
“If House DFL members truly believe climate change is an existential crisis, why do they refuse to legalize new nuclear and large hydroelectric power plants? France, Norway, and Sweden successfully…
A few weeks ago, I wrote an opinion editorial to the Star Tribune about how the Polar Vortex reemphasized the need for reliable forms of electricity in our state. My…
With Bernie Sanders recently announcing he intends to seek the presidency, I thought it was a good time to share an article I wrote in January of 2016 which was…
Yesterday I wrote about how Germany gets about 37 percent of its electricity from beautiful, clean coal, but it also generates a significant portion of its electricity with natural gas.…