Mission StatementRecent Voices and Upcoming Events
Center of the American Experiment is a nonpartisan, tax-exempt, public policy and educational institution that brings conservative and free market ideas to bear on the hardest problems facing Minnesota and the nation.





 

Recent Commentaries

 Notes from the conventions: Cops, 'Country First' ... and a candidate in a league of her own
Mitch Pearlstein
 BLOG: AARP Peddles Medical Bankruptcy Myth to New Extreme
By Peter J. Nelson
 A free pass for the state's largest lobby
Mitch Pearlstein
 As boomers grow old, America must grow up
Peter Nelson
 Age is no reason not to contribute
Mitch Pearlstein
 

Housing assets should help finance long-term care
Peter Nelson

 

Education reform could start with students
Mitch Pearlstein


New Studies and Essays

 LEARNING FROM LINCOLN: Principle and Pragmatism
Getting the Balance Right  A Symposium

Introduction by Mitch Pearlstein

David Allen, Paul D. Allick, Greg Blankenship, Fran Bradley, Barry Casselman, Larry Colson, Kevin Donnelly, Jim Dueholm, Amitai Etzioni, Joseph R. Fornieri, Paul Gessing, John Gibbs, Jay P. Greene, John Gunyou, Jake Haulk, Matthew Heffron, Eric Lipman, Randolph J. May, James H. Miller, Grover Norquist, Tom Prichard, Donald P. Racheter, Lawrence W. Reed, Dane Smith, David Tuerck, Lou Wangberg, Craig Westover, Cheri Pierson Yecke, Stephen B. Young

 Can Politicians Hold to Principle Without Brutalizing Each Other?
Roger Moe & Steve Sviggum
   Is America an Experiment? Vitalizing Conservatism in Minnesota and the Nation
Wilfred M. McClay
 

What to Expect from Uniform Pricing of Health Care Services
Peter J. Nelson 

 Medical Home Policy Recommendations
Peter J. Nelson

Upcoming Events

Riding into the Sunrise: Al Quie - A Life of Faith, Service & Civility
A Conversation and Book Signing with Governor Al Quie and Mitch Pearlstein 
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

2008 Fall Briefing
with
David Brooks
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Recent Event Audio

If I Were Writing John McCain's Acceptance Speech Thursday Night ... Or Rewriting Barack Obama's Last Week
(Download MP3)
David Frum & John Hinderaker
Moderated by Mitch Pearlstein
September 2, 2008

Lincoln's Political Faith: Does It Still Have a Place in Presidential Leadership?
(Download MP3)
Joseph R. Fornieri
July 16, 2008

Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform since Sputnik 
(Download MP3)
Chester E. Finn, Jr.
March 27, 2008

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: What are the Real Economic Costs?
(Download MP3)
Margo Thorning
March 6, 2008


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