Anti-Trump hysteria has swept over St. Olaf College. According to an article in Manitou Messenger, the student newspaper, many conservatives face a hostile environment and report they have been violently…
Shrimp for 69 cents a pound anyone? That would be quite a bargain for sea food lovers. But not so much for taxpayers. Yet that’s how much some legislators want…
We cannot tell you with any certainty what the refugee resettlement program costs but what we can tell you is that the benefit side of that cost-benefit analysis is in…
A test score ‘meritocracy’ is battling the Left Behinds
Michael Novak, who died this week of cancer, was most frequently described as a Catholic theologian, a brilliant and influential one, needless to say. But his scholarly interests, intellectual devotions,…
Perhaps you’ve seen the University of Minnesota’s memorable TV commercials that are part of their “Driven to Discover” campaign. Two of the ads feature faculty describing their noble research efforts…
Addressing the needs of a ‘gender nonconforming’ kindergartner
Chances are you’ve seen commercials on television as part of the University of Minnesota’s long-running “Driven to Discover” campaign. Typical ones have faculty members standing in front of Northrop Auditorium…
Silly antediluvian me. Until my early teens, when daydreaming about what college was like, I’d envision guys wearing elbow-patched tweed jackets and smoking pipes. I imagined them dressed up at…
Minnesota's border counties experience the competitive disadvantage of high taxes and hostile regulations
General Mills, one of Minnesota’s premiere Fortune 500 companies, made the news this week with renewed speculation that the company is ripe for a takeover. According to the Star Tribune,…
Editor’s Note: One of the most important themes in last month’s elections had to do with the many millions of Americans who believe they are stuck in place occupationally and…
Our American Experiment colleague Kathy Kersten has an article in this month’s First Things that I will try to summarize, but that you simply need to read. The subject is…
One of the biggest questions raised by the election results this week is what it all means for the unpopular MNsure state health insurance exchange. Minnesota was among a handful…
In a fitting tribute to the late Supreme Court justice, the George Mason University law school will be renamed the Antonin Scalia Law School thanks to an anonymous donor and…
Hinderaker predicts major CAE study will prompt vigorous debate about the future of "blue state" policies.
It’s no secret the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs faculty tend to hold and promote liberal views. That just goes with the territory in academia. According to…
While attending a recent event at the University of Minnesota lecture on race I was surprised to see an influential professor carrying a book he was reading by black conservative…
Last month the Odell Wind Farm went on line in Southwestern Minnesota, which will add another 200 megawatts of electricity to Xcel Energy’s portfolio. Xcel claims this addition of wind…
Last March Center of the American Experiment published “Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States 2016,” in which I analyzed IRS migration data. Minnesota, according to this IRS data,…
The era of race-based busing of Minneapolis schoolchildren—1974 to 1995—marks one of the greatest debacles in the city’s history. Busing tore apart neighborhoods and cost taxpayers millions of dollars. Black…
A lot of ink has been spilled on the subject of race, crime and policing over the last few months, but rarely to so little purpose as in this article…
Why is our secretary of state hiding the 2020 voter lists?
According to MPR, “Minnesota’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has decided to stop selling health plans to individuals and families in Minnesota starting next year.…