On today’s radio show I was joined by Isaac Orr from the Center of the American Experiment, a Minnesota-based think tank. Orr talked about the importance of mining in Minnesota, particularly tapping into reserves of platinum family minerals like nickel and copper in the state’s Iron Range. Also Fargo Attorney Mark Friese talks about problems…
Who Cares if Vice President Pence’s Walkout Was a Stunt?
On Sunday Vice President Mike Pence walked out of a 49’ers/Colts football game after several of the former team took a knee during the national anthem. Pence left right after the anthem was completed, and posted this to Twitter: I left today's Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects…
Your Right to Protest Does Not Make Your Protest Right
I found myself thinking of that old Stealer’s Wheel song about being stuck in the middle. The one with line about how there are “clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.” This controversy in the NFL – and now the MLB – over players kneeling or sitting out during the national anthem…
Matt Evans: The Real Outrage Is That You’re Still Watching the NFL
Everyone is talking about that football player that decided to make a political statement about something related to race relations, I guess. I don’t know what is normal or expected in NFL games, so I guess I don’t have an informed opinion. The main sport I follow is Formula 1 motor racing. The drivers come…
FCC Considering Censorship For Washington Redskins Nickname
For decades – though less so in the internet age – social conservatives have been trying to push the FCC into censoring sex and violence on television. The response from the left has generally gone something like, “If you don’t like it, change the channel.” I wonder if the liberals who are fighting a war…
Matt Evans: The Market Works, Or How The Desire To Make Money Contributes To Social Change
“By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it” — Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” The NFL is having a watershed moment. After last weeks drama about Ray Rice assaulting his future wife, and this weeks revelations about Adrian Peterson being…
LegitSlater: We Need to Reconsider Who We Idolize, and Why
I love sports just as much as the next guy or gal. I participate in Fantasy Football and fill out a pick sheet at work every week detailing who I think will win that Sunday’s (Thursday’s and Monday’s too) NFL matchups. I have a passing interest in Baseball, enjoy Hockey, and will even tolerate a…
CBS Columnist: Indians Who Like The Washington "Redskins" Nickname Are Uncle Toms
Here in North Dakota a years-long battle over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname ended with a whimper when the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe lost a federal appeal in their lawsuit against the NCAA. Yes, that’s right, at the end of that fight the people fighting hardest to keep the Sioux nickname at…