Following the announcement by state officials that most students will not start the 2020 school year in classrooms full-time, Catrin Wigfall, policy fellow at Center of the American Experiment, released the following…
This article was written by Kevin Dayaratna, a statistician at the Heritage Foundation. Professor Neil Ferguson, who led the COVID-19 modeling team at Imperial College in London, resigned May 5 from…
Robert Pianta, the dean of the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, opined in The Washington Post that education spending has decreased since the 1980s. This claim is inaccurate—spending…
The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), serving low-income students in the nation’s capital, has generated high satisfaction among its participants.
Hello! In the first segment, Donald gives his initial reactions to HBO’s new miniseries, Chernobyl. As Donald describes, the show is presents the events of Chernobyl in an absolutely horrifying…
In the first segment, Justin Haskins gives us a play-by-play of his ordeal with Facebook. Facebook banned Justin‘s ad account for publishing an anti-socialism video on the platform. After months of…
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It’s always a satisfying day when something is written about how ideas truly do matter in American life, with many of the most important and influential ideas conceived, refined, and…
Recently, I had the pleasure of addressing a meeting in Mankato hosted by the Heritage Foundation on the subject of trade and its role in Minnesota's economy. I argued that,…
What does it really mean to drain the swamp that consists of two million bureaucrats nationwide? We may find out, following a series of aggressive steps announced by President Trump…
Economist Stephen Moore tells American Experiment President John Hinderaker how the business-friendly policies of the federal government have jump-started the American economy.
Among other things, Ireland is famous for its stories. The story of the Irish economy in the last 30 years highlights the importance of sound fiscal and monetary policy and…
Minnesotans’ power bills keep heading in the wrong direction. As American Experiment’s report, Minnesota Energy Policy: The High Cost of Failure, recently revealed, it’s no secret why. At least $15…
“Political science” took on a whole new meaning under the Obama administration. Now we’re finding out just how politicized and cozy the relationships were between the environmental agency under the…
It’s almost Labor Day, perfect timing to overturn one of President Obama’s most counterproductive policies. Obama essentially rolled back the requirement for welfare recipients to get a job that had…
Thorman engaged experiences in the Senate, at Heritage, and in a classroom (teaching Latin, no less) to prepare for her new role at American Experiment
The feds implemented a new rule in the federal register regarding metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) like the Metropolitan Council on the day before President Trump took office. The rule would…
On Tuesday of this week, the Star Tribune ran a story about how sizable proportions of public school teachers in St. Paul would not recommend their school to parents seeking…
The Center's founder recalls the Center's earliest days, its ongoing triumphs, its occasional challenges, then looks to the future.
Very high rates of family fragmentation in the United States are subtracting from what very large numbers of young people are learning in school and holding them back in other…
In a famous Time magazine story in 1973, Minnesota was epitomized, not just as a particularly well-run state, but as the “State that Works.” Other states might have been close…
Yesterday President Obama decreed yet another “tweak” to key provisions of Obamacare and provided a “transitional policy” to allow for the continuation of the millions of health insurance policies that…
As much as I continue to pore over news stories, blogs, and academic papers, at least five fundamental questions regarding the so-called bailout remain unanswered. ● First, why was everyone…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently made waves in a health policy speech when he said he believed Minnesota should move toward universal health coverage and that “as a goal, we should…