Last week I wrote about how, faced with declining college enrollments after decades of above-inflation increases in college tuition fees, colleges ought to be cutting their fees. I also wrote…
“Investment” is an almost totally devalued term nowadays, at least in political discourse. For politicians, every single penny of spending is an “investment” because saying you “invested” several million or…
Over the last two years, several Minnesota cities, including Minneapolis, St. Paul, Edina, Northfield, and many others, have promoted an initiative called “No Mow May,” where residents do not mow…
Studying and preserving factual history is essential to understanding ourselves and the world into which we were born. Committed to that work is the Dr. Harold C. Deutsch World War…
A recent note by two local political scientists shows that Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) fails to deliver as promised. The three-page report, published this month by University of Minnesota professor Larry…
On Monday 4/3/23, University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel announced she had accepted an offer from the University of Pittsburg to become its president effective July 2023. Gabel’s announced departure…
The inaugural City of Minneapolis’ Black History Month Expo was held at the city convention center last Saturday. Officially billed as the “I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams Expo” the…
The personal care assistant (PCA) program is slated to receive an additional $247 million per year, according to budget documents filed this week (page 25). The proposal (p. 28), would…
Steve Sviggum’s recent apology tour is a good lesson for those attacked by the woke mob. Don’t bother apologizing because the apology will never be enough. Sviggum was forced to…
Increased crime in Minnesota in recent years is the direct result of the defund the police movement. Those inclined to commit crime and create chaos saw an open door and walked…
The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (MSGC) is an appointed governmental body that has significant influence over the direction and effectiveness of our state’s criminal justice systems, through the establishment of…
The legacy of the policeman turned mayor who fought Minneapolis crime and establishment politicians.
Outrage grows over escalating violence at the U of M.
Last week our Education Policy Fellow Catrin Wigfall testified in front of an Administrative Law Judge and the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) about their latest proposal requiring…
“I have no business understanding this better than you.” U of M student addressing the lack of public safety on campus to university and public safety leadership On Wednesday evening…
One of the new media fashions is to put the phrase ‘Fact Check’ or some variation of it into the title of a piece. This is meant to tell you…
This week, Minnesota Daily reported: The University of Minnesota announced Wednesday via a systemwide email it will increase the student minimum wage to $15 per hour. The change will take…
Controversial comedian Dave Chappelle adds 4 more shows at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis after being cancelled by First Avenue hours before his appearance last night. Chappelle performed his show…
The stealth passage in the legislative session of a measure legalizing so-called edibles and beverages laced with the intoxicating agent in marijuana supposedly even caught some lawmakers by surprise. To…
We examine the history of this venerable Minneapolis neighborhood through some of its churches and other institutions. Friday morning, a community meeting was held at Kramarczuk’s, the Eastern European deli…
Anyone with basic knowledge of economics could have predicted that St. Paul’s rent control ordinance was going to be a disaster. That is one conclusion that numerous observers have made…
The Trump administration finalized regulations in 2019 requiring hospitals to publicly post prices by January 1, 2021. Health policy researchers have been hungry to gather and analyze this information but…
We tour the growing ruins of this once great Midwestern city. Yesterday, my colleague David Zimmer and I took our third trip this month to see the sights in the…
Residents along Cleveland Avenue in St. Paul say they were blindsided by Ramsey County’s plan to clear cut dozens of mature oaks along their scenic street to make way for…