According to the 102-yearold organization PEN America, long considered the defender of free expression — particularly regarding literature and its proliferation — we are in a “book ban crisis.” Thousands…
In California, high-income residents with rooftop solar installations used the state’s lucrative solar subsidies to redistribute an estimated $3.37 billion in 2021 from lower-income families that cannot afford them. …
On Sunday, City Council President Lisa Bender announced she would not seek re-election in 2021, according to an article in the Star Tribune. Bender was among the first City Council…
The way that Coronavirus has been handled, has perpetuated isolation as well as feelings of fear and uncertainty among people. This, in addition to job losses, has been damaging to…
Thomas Sowell, a renowned economist, theorist and writer, published his latest book Charter Schools and Their Enemies on June 30, his 90th birthday. The book defends charter schools against those who…
Thomas Sowell is a brilliant economist and social theorist currently a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Sowell has been one of the modern-day’s big advocates against the social welfare…
Which generates the greatest benefit to St. Paul's residents - spending $1.125 million employing five police officers for 3.75 years, or spending $1.125 million to reduce the global temperature by…
The Star Tribune ran a story Friday (February 22) headlined, “St. Paul Students Push Ethnic Studies as Core Classwork.” Featured terms included “culturally relevant curriculum that teaches history through the…
It’s always a special treat when a smart person writes compelling, idea-rich prose. And Charles Kesler delivers just that with his terrific essay in the new issue of the deservedly…
A famous statue of Stephen Foster, often referred to as the father of American music, has stood in Pittsburgh for more than 100 years. (Foster was a native of Pennsylvania.)…
Fiscal policymakers have accepted for centuries that taxes act as a negative incentive on whatever is being taxed. That doesn’t always keep them from taxing.
Lowering tax rates can increase tax revenues. So-called 'progressives' and 'liberals' have to ask themselves the same question they had to ask themselves in the 1920s. Which situation do they…
'Trickle down economics' is a theory made up by its opponents that nobody actually believes. Stop trying to make it happen.
A CAE panel debates the ultimate effects of raising the minimum wage
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…
Jason Riley to headline speakers’ series.