COMMENTARIES            

Headlines tell the tale: '08 budget deficit is child's play next to Quie's '80s challenge
Mitch Pearlstein | April 14, 2008

Evangelical New Urbanism
Marvin Olasky | March 28, 2008

Government has health-care answers -- but not a solution
Peter Nelson | March 27, 2008

Higher Taxes? Don't Sap Our Strength
Mitch Pearlstein | March 24, 2008

Fireworks in Defense of Freedom
Mitch Pearlstein | February 28, 2008

In Tooth and Claw
Mitch Pearlstein | February 5, 2008

How to fight segregation? Well, heard of vouchers?
Mitch Pearlstein | December 13, 2007

Crime, Justice, and Families
Mitch Pearlstein | November 16, 2007

Left, right or middle, public policy groups enrich our state and the debate
Mitch Pearlstein | November 12, 2007

The '80s were hardly an era of open debate on college campuses
Mitch Pearlstein | October 18, 2007

Changes to SCHIP won't hurt Minnesota
Peter J. Nelson | September 14, 2007

And now: To raise taxes or not?
Mitch Pearlstein | August 19, 2007

Health-care solutions can be found in tax code
Peter J. Nelson | August 8, 2007

HSAs need more flexibility to serve those with expensive chronic illnesses
Peter Nelson | June 28, 2007

Higher taxes aren't answer
Mitch Pearlstein | June 20, 2007

Should Medicare be Means-Tested?
Mitch Pearlstein | June 14, 2007

Health Insurance Exchange would put people back in control of their health care
Peter J. Nelson | May 1, 2007

Health and human services bills fall short
Peter J. Nelson | April 27, 2007

Single-payer complexities
Peter J. Nelson | April 4, 2007

Coulter's voice provokes the shame it's due
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | March 9, 2007

More choice will benefit African-American students
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | February 21, 2007

Test results add up to a good case for vouchers
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | January 18, 2007

What the Headlines Missed in Governor Pawlenty's Health Policy Speech
Peter J. Nelson | November 27, 2006

Yet another task for Ellison
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | November 14, 2006

Social programs did harm by making fathers less needed
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | July 2, 2006

Keep the Constitution Out of Conservation Funding
Peter Nelson | May 8, 2006

Pitfalls and Pratfalls of Education Summits
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | April 23, 2006

Study generates ideas to make good Legislature better
Roger Moe and Chris Georgacas | March 2, 2006

Fund the essentials rather than amenities
Annette Meeks | January 10, 2006

'Gap' package left out some key factors
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | December 25, 2005

Eibensteiner was the victim in this sorry case
Mitchell B. Pearlstein and Peter Bell | November 27, 2005

Keep winning the war of ideas
Vin Weber and Annette Meeks | October 31, 2005

Teachers can find jobs in Florida
Cheri Pierson Yecke | October 7, 2005

He helped expand freedom, learning
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | September 30, 2005

Of course there's still fat to trim
Annette Meeks | September 25, 2005

Fourth Generation Warfare
Cheri Pierson Yecke | September 21, 2005

Mayhem in the Middle
Chester Finn | September 20, 2005

'A republic, if you can keep it' ... or remember what that means
Cheri Pierson Yecke | September 15, 2005

'A republic, if you can keep it' ... or remember what that means
Cheri Pierson Yecke | September 14, 2005

Attacked for their looks
Cheri Pierson Yecke | July 27, 2005

Meet the needs of all kids
Cheri Pierson Yecke | July 14, 2005

Attacked for their Looks
Cheri Pierson Yecke | July 27, 2005

Your home could be next
Annette Meeks | June 30, 2005

America's Image
Cheri Pierson Yecke | June 28, 2005

Little House Saga Offers Lessons and Revelations
Cheri Pierson Yecke | April 18, 2005

Advice and Consent:  The role of the Senate in political appointments
Cheri Pierson Yecke | March 28, 2005

Let's act to create a Super Tuesday of the North
Mike Erlandson and Annette Meeks | March 14, 2005

Voluntary personal accounts were proposed long ago
Cheri Pierson Yecke | March 13, 2005

Let's Not Play Games with Safety
Cheri Pierson Yecke | February 21, 2005

Moral Case For War in Iraq: Preemptive Action Helped End a Great Horror
Cheri Pierson Yecke | February 13, 2005

Many reasons to oppose new ethanol mandate
Annette Meeks | February 1, 2005

Finding Moral Courage Beyond 2004 Headlines
Cheri Pierson Yecke | December  30, 2004 

Kids, Schools, and Politics: Protecting the Integrity of Taxpayer Resources
Cheri Pierson Yecke | December 12, 2004

Pornography is Anything But a 'Victimless Crime'
Cheri Pierson Yecke | November 10, 2004 

Education or Indoctrination?
Cheri Pierson Yecke | October 4, 2004 

A case of NEA whines won't help to improve the schools
Cheri Pierson Yecke | September 22, 2004

Performance-Based Pact Can Help Schools
Cheri Pierson Yecke | July 28, 2004

Childhood Obesity: It's the Taxpayers' Fault
Cheri Pierson Yecke | July 6, 2004

No Need to Mourn the Loss of 'Friends'
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | May 6, 2004

A Note on the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | April 12, 2004 

Yecke Should Be Confirmed
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | March 30, 2004

How Vouchers Can Increase Public School Enrollments
Jim Pumarlo | March 11, 2004

St. Olaf's Peacenik Prize
Katherine A. Kersten | February 26, 2004

Why All Schools Should Compete, and Not Just in Sports
Jim Pumarlo | January 23, 2004

Best Investment is School Choice
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | January 4, 2004

St. Olaf's Academic Freedom Fight
Katherine A. Kersten | November 23, 2003  

Standards’ Critics Would Teach About an Oppressive America
Katherine A. Kersten | November 9, 2003

A Governor Turns 80
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | September 15, 2003

What Is "Education For Democracy"?
Katherine A. Kersten | September 3, 2003

Liberty vs. Security
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | September 3, 2003

Look around at our nation's progress on race
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | August 28, 2003

Gospel of Inclusion?  Its Episcopal disciples leave little room for Scripture
Katherine Kersten | August 8, 2003

Pawlenty's problem with phones
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | July 27, 2003

The Value of the Climb
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | June 30, 2003

Today's pacifist church leaders could learn from Niebuhr
Katherine A. Kersten | April 9, 2003

Sports can help fathers relate to their daughters
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | April 8, 2003

Moynihan was prescient but pilloried for facing hard facts
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | March 30, 2003

Many texts offer students only sugar-coated view of Islam
Katherine A. Kersten | February 27, 2003

It's time to resanctify colorblindness as ideal
Mitchell B. Pearlstein | February 10, 2003

No amount of tweaking can repair the Profile of Learning