Happy Columbus Day! Last week President Trump took a few minutes away from his work securing the release of hostages in Gaza to issue a proclamation seeking to “reclaim” Columbus’…
Minnesota’s politicians are playing politics with our lives. What happens after an unspeakable tragedy? One that comes on an idyllic late August day in Minneapolis that signaled the end of…
The first day of school is still one of my favorite days of the year. My oldest daughter teaches kindergarten at a Catholic school in the Twin Cities and every…
Media outlets reported that multiple law enforcement sources have identified the Annunciation school shooter as “Robin M. Westman,” a 23-year-old former student who graduated from 8th grade at Annunciation in…
The administration of MN Gov. Tim Walz went out of their way to praise the help given by Feeding Our Future (FOF), the free-food fraudsters, amidst the Afghan refugee crisis…
We are all familiar with the famous quote incorrectly attributed to the French writer Voltaire: I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right…
A great way to celebrate Columbus Day in Minnesota would be to return the statue of Christopher Columbus to its rightful place on the State Capitol grounds. Those with a…
Following last year’s spending spree and tax money giveaways, there wasn’t much in the legislative tills to spend at the Capitol this year. And with DFL-majority lawmakers railroading through their…
On Wednesday, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan tweeted: The Pioneer Press article she retweeted explains: After a several-month consultation process, the Minnesota Historical Society has agreed to return the “Mankato hanging…
Kamala Harris made big news last week for visiting a St. Paul abortion clinic. The Associated Press (AP) reports: Vice President Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood clinic on Thursday, marking what…
A new state law passed by the DFL-controlled legislature in 2023 bans the use of Indian mascots and logos, unless schools receive a unanimous exemption from all of Minnesota’s tribal…
Gov. Tim Walz tweeted on October 4 that “We need to remember our history, not erase it.” If Walz really believed that, he would find the statue of Christopher Columbus,…
Minnesota’s eleven Native American tribes did very well during the 2023 legislative session. It’s not surprising given their $1 million in campaign contributions to the DFL and having one of…
To celebrate April Fools’ Week, we present three strange things that happened at the Capitol last week.
As part of its Women of the Year project, USA Today is choosing one person from each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to honor during March’s…
The state’s Democratic leadership has staked out one of America’s most extreme positions on sex-change surgeries for minors. As I mentioned the other day, Gov. Tim Walz signed (in public,…
Out with Columbus, in with the communists.
Gov. Tim Walz dedicated a new statue of Nellie Stone Johnson today at the State Capitol. The press fawned over the ceremony, calling her an “iconic civil rights and labor…
Last week I submitted an op-ed to two of the state’s major opinion platforms correcting some of the egregiously false statements made recently about Minnesota’s economy. Both declined to run…
To celebrate Columbus Day, I decided to check in on Minnesota’s statue of Christopher Columbus. The statue has been in cold storage at an undisclosed government location since being violently…
Comparing tweets from the Walz Administration to the top issues of voters. An old cliche in politics is “keep the main thing the main thing.” Minnesota is less than a…
According to Gov. Tim Walz and Lieutenant Gov. Penny Flannagan, Assuming that a household does indeed spend $2,000 on a couple of months’ rent, it means no money left over…
Corporations are prohibited from donating money directly to a political candidate. An exception to the rule involves the candidate-adjacent inaugural committees. We are just eight months away from the next…
Governor Walz took some time to go around the state last week touting his budget proposal. With very little done so far into the session, pressure may be mounting to…