Commentary

A David Brooks op-ed misleading claims people flee Democratic-run states to go to Dem urban areas in conservative states.

Minnesota ranks near the bottom in economic growth and personal income growth for the 4th quarter and all of 2022.

The Minnesota paradise that Little Timmy Walz thinks he is creating is bleeding taxable income and high income taxpayers. Wonder why?

It has been a lot warmer in the past on Earth and CO2 levels have been a lot higher.

The Health Care Cost Institute release a useful report on spending over the last five years for the commercial health plan populations.

The Medicare Advantage program is growing rapidly and will soon dominate Medicare.

Professors at the University of Minnesota make their contribution to fraudulent DEI research.

A Sunday catchup on CV-19 research, with the usual multiplicity of topics.

American and Minnesota are going tube city quickly.

A chart shows just how fake the initial BLS unemployment claims numbers are.

Weather related deaths are actually decreasing.

2023 is experiencing a far higher federal budget deficit than originally forecast. We have to stop spending.

Comprehensive primary care initiatives may not be achieving either reductions in spending or improvements in quality.

Trying to get provider network composition right bedevils payers.

A truly fascinating piece of research demonstrates the difficulty of replicating soft science results.