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On Independence Day a few years ago, I pondered, “What the American Experiment means to me.” I concluded: …the American Experiment is, to me, about liberty: the liberty to live…
On Independence Day a few years ago, I pondered, “What the American Experiment means to me.” I concluded: …the American Experiment is, to me, about liberty: the liberty to live…
Over a third of U.S. students grade their school a “C” or below, according to the 2024 edition of the Gallup-Walton Family Foundation Student Report Card survey. The average grade assigned came…
Last week, Pew Research Center released new polling that shows that “relatively few Americans” believe the U.S. should phase out fossil fuels entirely. Instead, about 7 out of 10 favor a mix…
It’s rare to find examples of bipartisanship these days given the divisiveness in Washington. But the breakdown in service and reliability of the U.S. Postal Service has gotten to the…
I’ve seen this movie before, and I know how it ends. The headline last week in the ND Monitor reads: North Dakota officials object to Minnesota carbon-free energy law in…
More than two and a half years after filing for a permit, Summit Carbon Solutions has finally gotten crucial approval from Iowa regulators for the first leg of a nearly…
Science magazine Scientific American has recently called for federal homeschooling regulations, stating that without top-down, national mandates on homeschoolers, “an untold number of U.S. children are at risk of a poor education…
Professors at two North Dakota institutions of higher education dodged a bullet last year when lawmakers fell just short of passing legislation to reduce protections for tenured faculty. At the…
Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has dropped to its lowest level since August 2021, according to the J.D. Power EV index. The index showed that while consumer interest in EVs is…
Last week I explained why abolishing property taxes is a bad idea. I concluded by saying: That is not to say that there are not grave problems with local property…
On Monday, I wrote about how North Dakota’s policymakers should look to the tools they have — notably control over state taxes — to boost economic growth in the face of the…
Influential music mogul Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) supports Pennsylvania breaking the financial chains that are keeping students stuck in low-performing schools, much to the dismay of the teachers’ union.
Yesterday, I wrote about how North Dakota’s policymakers should look to the tools they have — notably control over state taxes — to boost economic growth in the face of…
Last month, I noted that a hit to the extractives sector has crippled North Dakota’s economic recovery. I concluded by saying that: There are two things to take from this:…
Nobody — or almost nobody — enjoys paying taxes. If they did, we wouldn’t have to threaten people with jail to make them pay. They are, at best, a necessary…
More than 60 percent of North Dakota primary voters approved a first-ever age limit of 80 for members of Congress, setting the stage for a likely legal challenge of the…
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Author and Professor Wilfred Reilly joins Center of the American Experiment and TakeChargeMN to discuss how mainstream media push falsehoods about America, especially surrounding ideas of race, class, and crime.…