Three of Minneapolis' most insightful leaders, Peter Bell, Chairman of the Metropolitan Council; Gary Cunningham,Vice President, Northwest Area Foundation; and R. T. Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis; talk deeply about their…
Prof. John R. Christy -- one of a handful of scientists to actually build "data sets of climate variation and change from scratch" -- talks about how finding "dramatic changes…
Arthur C. Brooks discusses the many virtues of charity: national no less than individual, economic no less than deeply personal. In a methodologically rigorous and richly received book, Professor Brooks…
Paul Peterson discusses the profound importance of reducing achievement gaps in communities like the Twin Cities – where they’re larger than virtually anyplace in the nation. What’s been tried? What…
Robert Bruegmann talks about his path-breaking book Sprawl: A Compact History, lauded as the “first major book to strip urban sprawl of its pejorative connotations.” What in the world –…
In a speech before an American Experiment Luncheon Forum, Prof. Wilfred McClay discusses intriguing issues like these:
Heading into the 2007 legislative session, an ideologically multicultural panel discusses the following questions: What policies do leaders of Minnesota's most influential conservative organizations think conservatives should seek at the…
Psychologist David Walsh mines new developments in brain science to spotlight the often malignant power of media on young people—video games very much included.While modern media, Dr. Walsh writes, “bring…
Grace-Marie Turner, one of the nation's most fluent and influential free-market voices of reform, talks about consumer-directed health care, answering good questions such as: What, exactly is it? What's its…
Citing reams of empirical evidence, Jay Greene discusses his new book, Education Myths, and how "much of what policy makers and parents believe today about education is as mythological as…
Ron Haskins and Art Rolnick address the limited success of most early childhood education programs and discuss evidence showing that high-quality programs can dramatically and positively impact a child's future…