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 Commentaries and Reports

• A free pass for the state's largest lobby
  Mitch Pearlstein
  
  
• As boomers grow old, America must grow up
  Peter J. Nelson
  
  
• Age is no reason not to contribute
  Mitch Pearlstein
  
  
• Housing assets should help finance long-term care
  Peter J. Nelson
  
  
• Education reform could start with students
  Mitch Pearstein
  
  
• Headlines tell the tale: '08 budget deficit is child's play next to Quie's '80s challange
  Mitch Pearlstein
  
  
• Fireworks in Defense of Freedom
  Mitch Pearlstein
  
  
• In Tooth and Claw
  Mitch Pearlstein
  
  
• What Does It Mean to be an Urban Conservative? A Symposium
  
  
• A Primer on How Employment-Based Health Benefits (and the Tax Code) Distort the Health Care Market
  By Peter Nelson

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Listen to Past CAE Events

• 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
  
  
• Can Politicians Hold to Principle Without Brutalizing Each Other?
  (Download MP3)
  Roger Moe & Steve Sviggum
  February 13, 2008

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News Releases

• 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
  

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