For Minnesotans, the 2020 riots are still fresh in our memories. We watched in horror as our cities burned and a police precinct was turned into a pile of ashes and rubble, all while our so-called leaders sat on their hands. The ensuing crime surge continues to be a daily reminder of the problem created [âŚ]
With the Supreme Court recently expressing clear disapproval of many of the Federal Trade Commissionâs operating procedures, Congress must aggressively steer this key regulatory agency back to its original mission of protecting consumers. When we served in Congress, we relied on the FTCâs challenges to artificial monopolies and predatory business activities to conduct our own [âŚ]
One of our wisest philosophers (Homer Simpson) described television as âteacher, mother, secret lover.â Reality television belongs to that final classification, a mistress we canât quite quit yet also will never introduce to our parents. It is ubiquitous as dirt and as dirty as, well, dirt. Critics have mostly treated it like dirt, too. If [âŚ]
KHive. Brat. Coconut-pilled. Unburdened by what has been. If youâre a healthy, sane person who doesnât spend your every waking moment on the internet, the Kamala Harris discourse is bound to be baffling. The public talked relatively little about the vice president after her failed presidential bid segued into a position in the White House. [âŚ]
A summer blockbuster is being panned by scientists for not having enough of an agenda? Say no more. Twisters, a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 film Twister (without the s), arrived in theaters earlier this month to much audience acclaim and big box-office numbers. The film, starring Glen Powell from Top Gun: Maverick, is âa [âŚ]
In the space of a week, people tried to take out both candidates for the presidency of the United States. On Saturday, July 13, Thomas Matthew Crooks tried and failed to assassinate former President Donald Trump with a bullet at a rally in Pennsylvania. On Sunday, July 21, a statement on President Joe Bidenâs X [âŚ]
If ever there were an event about which Americans can be justifiably, sincerely, and perpetually proud, it was surely the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969. You remember: Neil Armstrong, Tranquility Base, âOne small step for man, one giant leap for mankindâ â the whole bit. Yet, in a sign of the perversity [âŚ]
In 1933, the English poet W.H. Auden told his friend Stephen Spender, âI entirely agree with you about my tendency to National Socialism, and its dangers.â Itâs a surprising confession. Heâd later travel to Spain to serve in the Republican medical corps, praising the soon-to-be vanquished loyalists in the Marxisant poem âSpain 1937.â He befriended [âŚ]
More than four years after the start of COVID-19 and despite millions of dollars in emergency funding, student learning loss is a major problem.  New research from NWEA, a nonprofit research organization, shows students going into high school are a full year behind academically, a disappointing but unsurprising development for experts who have been tracking...
A number of House Republicans are privately bashing former President Trumpâs selection of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate, warning that the pick will not help â and could hurt â the partyâs chances of winning in November. The Republicans â speaking to The Hill on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive...