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…
The National Center for Energy Analytics has estimated that a fully-electric vehicle (EV) future would cost between $2 trillion and $4 trillion. Moving to 100% EVs will impose enormous infrastructure costs to install single-family,…
More than half of states (29) offer students and families access to school choice programs through education savings accounts, tax-credit scholarships, and/or traditional vouchers. Eleven states now offer all or…
Historically only a handful of members of Congress from North Dakota have remained in office after the age of 80 years old. But an intensifying focus on the fitness of…
The flow of millions of undocumented individuals across the U.S. border with Mexico dominates the discussion over the threats posed by illegal immigration. Yet the number of incidents along the…
An excerpt from Bill Maher’s new book, What This Comedian Said Will Shock You shared by The Free Press caught my attention recently. In it, Maher references a study of developed countries that he says found…
This piece originally appeared in the New York Post on May 24, 2024. Saturday marks the fourth anniversary of the death of George Floyd on a Minneapolis street. The years in between haven’t been…