Author David Lebedoff long ago predicted our current political dissonance. Dare I say ‘deplorables?’
Cotton will keynote American Experiment’s gala in June
Minnesotan police officers joined 150 others to hear Heather Mac Donald explain how BLM protests have affected police protection in the neighborhoods that need it most.
Acclaimed author to kick off the Center’s Alternative Education Project
Minnesota is the Leading U.S. Destination for Refugees
The Star Tribune headlines: “Trump anxiety hits Minnesota arts groups, leaders.” This is another round in the perennial controversy over funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the…
President Trump’s speech today at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) called out reporters who don’t “represent the people.” Hours later the White House prevented certain news organizations from attending…
President Trump has revoked the Obama administration’s bizarre “guidance” asserting that federal law required every public school in America to sponsor co-ed bathrooms and showers on behalf of those who…
Tomorrow’s Star Tribune includes an Associated Press story on “fake news.” There is much that can be said on that topic. Over the last year or two, some fraudulent news…
Michael Novak, who died this week of cancer, was most frequently described as a Catholic theologian, a brilliant and influential one, needless to say. But his scholarly interests, intellectual devotions,…
Many of us get nostalgic feelings reminiscing about the libraries of our formative years. But the libraries of today are not necessarily the libraries of our youth. The reality is,…
The Star Tribune headlines: “Many Twin Cities businesses closing Thursday for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protest.” A growing number of restaurants and other businesses across the Twin Cities will close Thursday…
I’ve been asked to speak later this month at the Roseville Library about the history of American conservatism from Bill Buckley to Donald Trump or thereabouts. When I mentioned to…
Black Lives Matter no longer makes the headlines as often these days, crowded off the front page in part by the media’s wall-to-wall coverage of protests of the new administration.…
Anderson is president of the Young Leadership Council (at CAE) and the youngest member of CAE’s board.
American Experiment generates serious momentum on several levels.
Striking a right balance between expecting personal agency and extending deserved empathy.
We need to talk to each other, even if we disagree, especially if we disagree.
Popular nationwide talk radio host Dennis Prager has published a very handy Guide to Basic Differences Between Left and Right. Here are the highlights: Economic Goal Left: equality Right: prosperity…
Lots of factors figure into the continuing decline of shoppers and sales at Twin Cities-based Target Corporation’s stores nationwide. Target share prices dipped nearly six percent on expectations the retailer will…
My wife and I are big sushi fans, and I think I can tell one fish from another. But I might be wrong. A recent study by UCLA suggests that…
Addressing the needs of a ‘gender nonconforming’ kindergartner
CAE President John Hinderaker interviews pundit, National Review columnist, and conservative wit Jonah Goldberg.
Silly antediluvian me. Until my early teens, when daydreaming about what college was like, I’d envision guys wearing elbow-patched tweed jackets and smoking pipes. I imagined them dressed up at…