This article is a reproduction of my presentation to the Summer Senate on July 7, 2026 that attempted to tell the real story using economic graphs and statistical charts. Introduction A May 13th 2026 Gallop poll showed 71% of Americans oppose AI data centers...
Last week brought news that a three person panel containing both Governor Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison had issued a pardon to a man who had been convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl. After November’s elections, there will be a new...
The number of habeas corpus cases filed in Minnesota is ramping back up again, reflecting both renewed ICE enforcement activity and increasingly lenient judges. Since March 25, when the federal 8th Circuit court of appeals ruled that “must be detained” meant...
Freedom of speech Without hesitation, the thing I treasure the most about the United States of America is our freedom of speech. This freedom is guaranteed among a short list of related freedoms in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Congress shall make...
In 1826, Americans prepared to celebrate their country’s fiftieth birthday. It was a time to reflect on the audacious gamble which had seen a group of colonists take up arms against the mightiest empire on the planet and on the results of that gamble; a nation...
Economic growth St. Cloud Times: ‘Erratic’ tariffs blamed for Minnesota export slump Grand Rapids Herald Review: Sliding mineral fuel sales continue to drive Minnesota’s quarterly export declines WJON: St. Cloud Businesses Signal Local Recession While Nation...
This is the second in a series of articles explaining how the United States came to be and how the lands we now know as Minnesota came to be a part of it. British woes On July 4, 1775, the British had every reason for alarm at the situation in their American...
Yesterday, we wrote about a man who was convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl but has now been pardoned by a three person panel including Governor Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison. We reported that the pardon had been issued to help the man —...
This is my second post, of hopefully many to come, as a regular weekly resource for our readers: for news, commentary and more; on energy, environment and natural resources; from around the state, country and world. The top ten stories, for the week ending on...
Leonides Hernanez-Portillo, 39, made his first appearance in federal court today (July 2) facing two felony criminal counts related to illegal immigration. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 10. Hernandez had been previously deported in 2006, 2007,...