Sin Lies at the Door: Minnesota and the Crisis of Democratic Virtue

Scott Johnson, co-founder of and contributor to PowerLineblog.com, brings together a remarkable and concise (though stopping short of the root cause) explanation of everything surrounding the recent fraud scandals going on in Minnesota. In Learning From Minnesota’s Somali Fraud Scandal which is in the January 2026 edition of Imprimis, the free monthly speech digest of …

Three Ways Wall Street Thinks About the Economy — and What They Miss

I read a lot of market commentary. Different voices. Different tones. Different politics. But most of it falls into one of three camps. And none of them quite describe the economy the way someone running a business actually experiences it. 1. The Cycle Thinkers (“The engine still runs.”) This group believes the economy is a …