Teacher shortages are hardly new, but recently it has been described as a national problem. Is it? Given that there is no real national consensus on how to define a…
State bans on government-owned devices using the short-form video platform controlled by the Chinese Communist Party are gaining momentum, as my colleague Tom Steward has recently written about here and here. Given national…
The Red River Regional Dispatch Center serves as the nerve center for emergency police, fire and medical response in Moorhead and the greater Fargo area. Plans in the works call…
Ask critics of school choice programs why they oppose the initiatives and they are quick to argue that expanding educational freedom will harm traditional school districts. But as I have written time and time again,…
Wind turbines are often sold to rural local governments as a means of bolstering their budgets and allowing them to offer additional services for their residents or offset other taxes.…
Teachers’ unions may oppose standardized testing, but Republicans, Democrats, the general public, parents, and varying demographic groups all overwhelmingly support standardized math and reading testing, according to the 2022 Education Next survey. Conducted…
It’s not exactly a pleasant subject to write about, much less personally encounter while shopping, sight seeing or on a lunch break downtown. But workers and visitors to city center…
Americans are concerned about housing affordability, which shouldn’t be too surprising considering rising home prices. According to the Cato Institute 2022 Housing Affordability National Survey, a whopping 87% of Americans “are…
One of the front lines in the showdown over the Chinese threat to national security continues to be in one of the seemingly most unlikely of places — North Dakota.…
The quantity of metal required to make just one generation of renewable tech units to replace fossil fuels is much larger than first thought. Current mining production of these metals…
In recent years, Hollywood celebrities have been possibly some of the most outspoken proponents of higher taxes, with some of them even penning a letter calling for higher taxes. Why they don’t…
Why are prices rising? One theory is ‘cost-push’ inflation. According to my old Dictionary of Economics, this is: Inflation induced by a rise in the costs of production of goods and…
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has drawn considerable attention for her executive order banning the Chinese-controlled app TikTok on state government phones and devices in her state. The Republican governor…
Wind and solar advocates often claim that the buildout of these energy sources will create quality jobs and strengthen the state’s economy, but the ongoing energy crisis in Germany, a…
It was bound to happen given the steady decline in college enrollment nationwide. Fewer students equates to fewer dollars coming in the door, forcing administrators to face inevitable budget cuts…
There are many reasons why a secure border is critically important for the U.S. The lack of a secure border amplifies the devastating impacts of illegal drug smuggling and the associated…
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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.…