The massive, multi-billion-dollar fraud that has been perpetrated against Minnesota social welfare programs has not stopped. It continues to this day, to this minute. At best, the fraud has merely…
My previous two articles on September 10th and 8th showed that wind and solar renewables dramatically raised electricity prices in Minnesota and elsewhere around the country from 2002 onwards. This…
Ijeoma Miriam Chanthavong of Nigeria was deported last week, presumably ending a years-long due-process drama. We’ll pick up the story three years ago with this September 2023 U.S. Dept. of…
State and local taxes and spending Ely Echo: County levy hike at 6.25% KSTP: How Eden Prairie officials came up with a proposed 2.9% levy rate West Central Tribune: Willmar…
Kaamil Omar Sallah made his first court appearance this afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, facing four felony counts of wire fraud. Your correspondent was there: Sallah, 26,…
A rude awakening On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I was a Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office detective on assignment to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis. My role was to…
What parent wouldn’t be overjoyed with an extra $7,000 or more to support their student each year? That’s the difference between a cash-strapped family and one that enjoys things like…
On August 11, 2001, Zacarias Moussaoui arrived in Minnesota. Aged 33, he was born in France to Moroccan, Muslim parents and moved to London in 1992 to study. Not especially…
The top ten stories for the week: Energy & Public Utilities Clean Energy Economy MN (CEEM) => 2026 Minnesota Energy Factsheet MasterResource => Taxpayer Subsidies for Chinese Batteries? Just Say…
Our tour of questionable Amy Klobuchar earmarks takes us to the north side of Minneapolis today. It’s a location where U.S. Sen. Klobuchar once proposed (p. 12) to invest $882,000…
Twenty-five years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, the United States was attacked by terrorists. Nearly 3,000 people, including over 400 emergency workers, lost their lives that fateful Tuesday morning, making…
Families attempting to visit the State Fair this year might have encountered a head-scratching problem: their child’s school, unlike years past, may have already been in session. Mom and Dad…
In my recent article entitled, “Renewables raise electricity prices, University of Chicago economists find,” two University of Chicago academics estimated that electricity price rises, due to Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS),…
Between 2021 and 2023, according to the Pew Research Center, the number of illegal immigrants in the United States rose by 33%, from 10.5 million to 14.0 million. “The increase of…
Another election-year political ad is out connecting Amy Klobuchar to a fraud-linked nonprofit earmark. The ad was put out by the MN Restore Sanity Political Action Committee (PAC). The facts…
The preparation Leading up to the 2026 Minnesota State Fair, public safety authorities took a unique, proactive stance to blunt potential gang violence that had marred portions of the fair…
Join Opportunity for All Kids and Center of the American Experiment for the second annual 7k for Kids Fun Run on Saturday, October 11th in Plymouth. There will be a…
Minnesota’s fraud problem made national headlines as criminals took advantage of our state’s generous welfare programs and lax oversight to steal billions of taxpayer dollars. Join American Experiment’s fraud expert…
As part of American Experiment’s Minnesota School Board Toolkit, this video walks through how to access reading and math proficiency results for a school or district.
Amidst mounting frustration with the state and national teachers’ union, a small group of teachers in Becker, Minnesota decided to try something different. They successfully petitioned the state to call…