Highlights And Publications

Here is a selection of some of my published articles and media highlights

Recently I spoke to Glenn Loury and John McWhorter about crime, lawlessness, and a decline in policing and civil order in Minneapolis. This conversation has been watched over 100,000 times so far.

You can see Glenn’s comments about our conversation here and here.

My follow-up comments that provide a lot more detail about the decline of public safety in the Twin Cities are here. I recommend reading these for a much fuller picture of the depth and reality of the situation. You’ll understand the context and how daily life changed after the 2020 riots if you read those.

Here’s the full interview, time-stamped for a good lead-in to our conversation, and a short clip if that’s easier to watch and share with others.

In 2023, when my alma mater Columbia University dropped the SAT/ACT requirement for undergraduate admissions, I wrote an article about that decision and the overall impact of Affirmative Action on individual success and merit.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/13/colleges-find-workarounds-to-continue-de-facto-aff/

Here’s a post I wrote going into more detail about it, with a lot more context about my background and why I feel the way I do about Affirmative Action.

Here’s the YouTube channel I recently created, trying to help people and speak some truth, the two things I’m really trying to accomplish with my work.

https://www.youtube.com/@SymposiumBlog/videos

Here is some my work for Alpha News in Minneapolis, and my author page.

I’ve been talking about policing and public safety at lot, since it’s one of my pet issues/interests, and a major problem facing the Twin Cities right now.

Chief says MPD is shrinking so much it may have to stop investigating property crimes 
Activists urge Minneapolis to end use of gunshot detection technology
This one has tons of links. If you’re curious about who these people really are, I’d encourage you to check them out.
Anti-police sentiment dominates meeting on new Third Precinct location
Some details about the meeting I attended which I wrote the article about

Here’s my blog post about the 3rd Precinct that provides more context for this meeting.

Here’s a story I wrote covering how Minnesota has greatly expanded taxpayer-funded shelters for illegal migrants by renting out huge blocks of rooms from local hotels, and sometimes even entire sections of hotels for extended periods of time.

The pros and cons of this policy can be debated, but the state and local governments are not being very transparent with the fact that it’s even happening, or with the basic facts and figures that local residents should know to determine whether or not they want to support this policy, or support the politicians and bureaucrats who are implementing it. It’s safe to say that most people don’t even know this happening, and no one really knows the true extent of it.

Hotels paid by Hennepin County to house migrants at locations across Twin Cities

Here’s a video of some of the interviews we did asking local hotels about how the government is booking rooms with them to use as migrant shelters.

Here’s an article where I covered a campaign rally by Nikki Haley when she made a stop in Minnesota just before Super Tuesday.

Nikki Haley makes pitch to Minnesota Republicans ahead of Super Tuesday