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.

Feature Publications
 

CENTER OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT: Celebrating 20 Years: 1990 - 2010

  

LIBERATING LEARNING: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education

Terry M. Moe & John E. Chubb

  

 

What Would It Take for You to Start or Expand a Business in a Low-Income Neighborhood?
A Symposium

John S. Adams, Michele Bachmann, Andy Brehm, Barry Casselman, John C. “Chuck” Chalberg, Larry Colson, Sue Wollan Fan, Bill Green, Jake Haulk, Barbara A. Johnson, Dan McElroy, Alberto Monserrate, Peter Nelson, Grover Norquist, Vance K. Opperman, Andrew Parker, Sam Staley, John Tillman, Jim Van Houten, Lou Wangberg

Introduction by Mitch Pearlstein

  
 

THINKING MINNESOTA
A Quarterly Update from Center of the American Experiment
Fall 2009

Stay informed on the important public policy issues of the day and what CAE is doing about them through our new quarterly update.

  

 

NO LONGER A NATIONAL MODEL
Fifteen Recommendations for Fixing Minnesota Election Law and Practice

Kent Kaiser

The recount that followed the 2008 U.S. Senate election in Minnesota brought to light several weaknesses in the state’s election systems.

Recent Commentaries & Reports

  ●Instead of judicial races, retention elections
Mitch Pearlstein & Dane Smith
  
  ●Look to the GOP's Patients' Choice Act and Dr. Emanuel for mechanisms to contain health-care costs
Peter Nelson
  
●Health Care Solutions Still Depend on State Efforts
Peter Nelson
  
  ●Educational Freedom & Technology
Mitch Pearlstein
  
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New Budget Tools for a Balanced Minnesota
Peter Nelson

  
●'Up north' isn't there just for your pleasure
Kent Kaiser
  
●"DEVELOPMENTAL" WRITING CLASSES: Wide - Not "Rich" - Diversity
Jack Miller
  
●Save GAMC -- by Raising It above Lesser Priorities
Peter Nelson
  
 ●American Experiment Health Reform Resources

 

Upcoming Events

What We've Learned About Cutting Budgets
Rudy Boschwitz, John Gunyou, Peggy Ingison, Jay Kiedrowski and Tim Penny
March 2, 2010
  
2010 Annual Dinner with
Brit Hume
May 5, 2010
 

Recent Event Audio
 What We've Learned About Cutting Budgets
Rudy Boschwitz, John Gunyou, Peggy Ingison, Jay Kiedrowski and Tim Penny
March 2, 2010
  
 THE AGE OF REAGAN
(Download MP3)
Steven F. Hayward
December 8, 2009
  
LITTLE PINK HOUSE: A True Story of Defiance and Courage
(Download MP3)
Jeff Benedict & Scott Bullock
September 22, 2009 
  
LIBERATING LEARNING: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education
(Download MP3)
Terry M. Moe & John E. Chubb
July 22, 2009

 

RIDING INTO THE SUNRISE
Al Quie, A Life of Faith, Service & Civility 

by Mitch Pearlstein

Forewords by
Charles Colson and Roger D. Moe 

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