“Ideas have consequences.” – Richard M. Weaver (1964) “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men,...
The almost 500,000 students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will all experience a dramatic technological shift this fall. The California district just announced a first-in-the-nation overhaul of their policies regarding screen time in the...
Moktar Hassan Aden, age 30, pled guilty to one count of wire fraud this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul. Aden was one of four men indicted last September for defrauding Medicaid’s Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program out of $2.5...
One in three Minnesota children now receives coverage through Medical Assistance, the state’s Medicaid program. This is not a sign of policy success or expanded compassion. It is a clear warning that Minnesota has drifted from promoting stable families,...
Proponents of rent control often tout its progressive effects. By effectively capping what “wealthy” landlords can charge, rent control redistributes income to “low-income” renters. — albeit indirectly. But what if that was not entirely the case? Rent control...
Recent advocacy around solving non-fatal shootings in Minnesota led to my invitation to paticipate in this week’s Niskanen Center Third Annual Criminal Justice Convening in Savannah Georgia. The event brought together nearly 70 research, advocacy, and policy...
Nearly two-thirds of Minnesota 11th graders are below grade level in math, and the class of 2025 posted the worst academic performance on record for a graduating cohort even as it earned the highest graduation rate ever. As measured by the state’s Minnesota...
“Affordability” has become a political buzz word in recent times, starting with Democrats in November 2025 and then later adopted by Republicans by at least March of this year. As Democrat pollster Geoff Garin put it: “The word’s important, because it speaks to...
Walz says he can “find no reason how Minnesota will be safer” by deporting an illegal immigrant rapist… Why did Walz and Ellison pardon the illegal immigrant rapist deported by the Trump administration? Is Minnesota actually one of the best states for...
Comments by state Clemency Review Commission members raise more questions about the controversial pardon of convicted child rapist, Tou Lue Vang. From Fox News, Exposed docs reveal why Tim Walz board awarded repeat child rapist pardon: ‘No future’ Tue Lue Vang,...