Thank you, Center of the American Experiment (CAE) for an enjoyable evening at their 2016 Dinner Gala. I believe it was another record attendance, with over 850 attendees. This year’s keynote speaker, Dana Perino, a former White House Press Secretary and now Fox News Commentator, shared her insights into Washington, DC politics and a few Read More…
Brexit, EU and the Met Council
Brexit, EU, and the Met Council…a parallel—the Metropolitan Council and the European Union. A call for freedom and democracy in Minnesota. Wow! What a shocker, the Brits voted to leave the European Union. This is a message to the world that they are a sovereign country, a democratic country and that the voice of the Read More…
Wake up Minnesota… Don’t follow Connecticut!
Interesting Op-Ed by Peter J. Nelson of the Center of the American Experiment. Minnesota, Please take note…. Connecticut has it all wrong. Minnesota Tax Plan Jeopardizes Its Health St. Cloud Times – Op-Ed Bob Smith, 3rd
The Choice is Newt!
Gopher State Politics Institute will make another OOTLP (Out on the Limb Prediction). The Donald will select Newt Gingrich for the vice-presidency slot. Why? Mr. Trump says he has 25,000 employees. He obviously cannot manage that number by himself so he has to rely on various types of supervision from top to bottom to run Read More…
Time to Eliminate Minnesota’s Estate Tax
You gotta hand it to them…the Center of the American Experiment just continues to do amazing work. Please, if you haven’t already done so, contact the Center for a print copy of Peter Nelson’s Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States 2016. This 20 page monograph, IRS data-based shows you how Minnesota is losing Read More…
St. Paul City Elections and Declining Voter Turnout – Op-Ed
Back on March 29, the St. Paul Pioneer Press ran a front-page story “St. Paul weighs even-year elections” with a sub-heading “Solutions sought for city’s sharp decline in voter turnout.” One group wants a charter amendment to move the city elections to coincide with other elections. That, they claim, together with ranked-choice voting would be Read More…
