America could learn a lot from Chile’s education success story. Former Chilean ambassador Dario Paya wrote a brilliant Weekly Standard piece outlining their amazing turnaround after dramatically expanding school choice…
I thought we had a consensus that blocking school house doors is a bad thing, but apparently not. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made her first visit to a public…
The Center’s Kathy Kersten has an article about violence in the St. Paul public schools in this month’s City Journal. Over the last six months, Kathy has brought both local…
It hasn’t been a Eureka moment for St. Paul residents dealing with the city’s newly implemented recycling program. Word on the curbside is that the project that’s designed for residents…
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…
We saw DeVos graciously take hits from people like Sen. Al Franken during her confirmation. Now that the confirmation muzzle is off, I would like to see DeVos land some…
A month before leaving office, President Obama basically banned copper mining in the Superior National Forest in northern Minnesota with a stroke of his pen. The post-election executive order went…
The theme of the Center’s quarterly lunch forums this year will be, why liberal policies are bad for young people. It has long been accepted that young people tend 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.…
Dang if the Star Tribune isn’t surprising the heck out of me with their third reasonable editorial in the span of 11 days. Perhaps my faithful support as a paperboy…
The British government announced last week that it would spend 170 million pounds (the equivalent of about $213 million) developing a series of “Institutes of Technology” intended as “credible alternative[s]”…
Funding for public broadcasting may be on the chopping block in Washington again. Maybe that explains why Minnesota Public Radio went before state lawmakers this week to ask for a…
The hottest seat at the Capitol last night was at the Pension Commission. The Capitol hearing room was packed with legislators, retirees, police officers and other public employees, union officials,…
We welcome the fact that the Trump administration hit the “pause button.” Minnesota needs time to get a handle on this. When you invite people to your country, to your…
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.
Small business wants to enhance opportunities for people to enter the workforce.
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.
Bicyclists take up more space on roads than ever before. Specially designated lanes allow bikes to go with the flow in traffic alongside cars, trucks and motorcycles in many communities.…
The Star Tribune should be commended for their important January 19 editorial: Take prudent steps to keep protests safe. They are basically agreeing with Republican efforts to more effectively deter…
Protesters took over another major Twin Cities roadway during rush hour on Friday afternoon to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. Presumably they were motivated by the new administration’s decision earlier…
This week the Tax Foundation, in collaboration with the Minnesota Business Partnership, released Minnesota Illustrated: A Visual Guide to Taxes & the Economy. The guide provides a chart book that…
Anyone who commutes to work in the Twin Cities knows it’s slow going most days and getting slower. Metro highways and freeways are backed up almost 25 percent of the…