POLITICS & GOVERNMENT                2007 Coulter's voice provokes the shame it's due Mitch Pearlstein | March 9, 2007     2006 In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State Charles Murray | May 3, 2006 Study generates ideas to make good Legislature better Roger Moe and Chris Georgacas | March 2, 2006 American Experiment Task Force on Legislative Reform Releases Recommendations to the Legislature Press Release | February 23, 2006     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 '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 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 Is Our Red and Blue Nation Changing Colors? Vin Weber | American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 2005 A Quick History of the Conservative Movement in Minnesota and the Nation:  Further Proof That Books, Magazines, Think Tanks, and Other Ideas Have Consequences Mitch Pearlstein | American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 2005     2004 The 2004 Elections:  Are They as Pivotal as the Candidates Say? Symposium | American Experiment Quarterly | Summer-Fall 2004 How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life Peter Robinson | American Experiment Quarterly | Summer-Fall 2004 In Celebration of President Ronald Reagan Symposium | July 8, 2004 A Note on the Same-Sex Marriage Debate Mitchell B. Pearlstein | April 12, 2004     2003 "They Beat the Hell Out of Each Other Up There": Civility in Minnesota (and National) Politics A Symposium | American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 2003-2004 Faith of Our Fathers and Mothers:  Religion and the American Democracy Fall 2003 Jean Bethke Elshtain | American Experiment Quarterly | Fall 2003 A Governor Turns 80 Mitchell B. Pearlstein | September 15, 2003 The Right Man:  The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush David Frum | American Experiment Quarterly | Summer 2003 Pawlenty's problem with phones Mitchell B. Pearlstein | July 27, 2003 Enron and the SAT David Lebedoff | American Experiment Quarterly | Spring 2003 Moynihan was prescient but pilloried for facing hard facts Mitchell B. Pearlstein | March 30, 2003     2002 Misstating the Establishment Clause: Not What the Founders Had in Mind James Dueholm | American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 2002-2003 Bias: How the Media Distort the News Bernard Goldberg | American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 2002-2003 Wellstone tribute turned tragedy into a campaign prop Katherine Kersten | October 31, 2002 Why do so many turn to goo on issue of Castro and Cuba? Mitchell B. Pearlstein | October 2, 2002 The Age of Reagan:  The Fall of the Old Liberal Order Steven F. Hayward | American Experiment Quarterly | Summer 2002 Let the Forest Service do its job Katherine A. Kersten | July 7, 2002 Will the United States Be a Serious Country? Newt Gingrich | American Experiment Quarterly | Spring 2002 How Will We Know When the War Is Over? John Kline | American Experiment Quarterly | Spring 2002 Goldberg's revelations about media bias should come as no surprise Katherine Kersten | March 6, 2002 Peanuts, a pretzel and history's twists Mitchell B. Pearlstein | January 23, 2002     2001 'Skeptical Environmentalist' dissects myths Katherine A. Kersten | September 5, 2001 Patronized in paradise Katherine A. Kersten | August 22, 2001 Free speech, so long as we agree Katherine A. Kersten | March 28, 2001 What's Next for Conservatism? Vin Weber | American Experiment Quarterly | Spring 2001 Freedom and Its Enemies John Stossel | American Experiment Quarterly | Spring 2001 Bush and Gore in Florida:  The U.S. Supreme Court Got It Right James Dueholm | American Experiment Quarterly | Spring 2001     2000 Reflections On Current Contentions William F. Buckley, Jr. |  American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 2000-2001 The Age of Transitions Newt Gingrinch | American Experiment Quarterly | Fall 2000  History begs to differ on Democratic view of parties tolerance Katherine A. Kersten | August 23, 2000 Center of American Experiment is conservative but nonpartisan Mitchell B. Pearlstein | August 15, 2000 Politics Is Good Mitchell B. Pearlstein | August 2000 Heart and Soul: A Symposium on Aim and Tone in American Conservatism American Experiment Quarterly | Summer 2000 The Wisdom of the Founding Fathers: Separation of Powers and the Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr | American Experiment Quarterly | Summer 2000 Natural Leadership Mitchell B. Pearlstein | April 2000 Tabloid exploits don't stop today's politicians Katherine A. Kersten | February 9, 2000 The ideas and events of 1776 came together to reshape the world Katherine A. Kersten | January 12, 2000     1999 Good Sense and Good Politics William J. Bennett | American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 1999-2000 Bill Clinton's Transformation of American Politics Patrick M. Garry | American Experiment Quarterly | Fall 1999 Respect for law was common ground in Revolution Katherine A. Kersten | July 14, 1999 Conceal and Carry Mitchell B. Pearlstein | July 1999 His "real man" is one who bullies Katherine A. Kersten | June 16, 1999 Wrestling with the Future: Lessons for Conservatives from the 1998 Elections Kate O'Beirne | American Experiment Quarterly | Spring 1999 Political Cups of Coffee Mitchell B. Pearlstein | February 1999     1998 National Greatness: Teddy Rossevelt's Vision for the Twenty-First Century David Brooks | American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 1998-1999 The President Who Learned: Abraham Lincoln's Six Strengths Newt Gingrich | American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 1998-1999 With Friends Like These: What's the First Job of Conservative Journalists? Robert D. Novak | American Experiment Quarterly | Winter 1998-1999 A Question of Mentoring Mitchell B. Pearlstein | December 1998 Intolerance on the Left Mitchell B. Pearlstein | October 1998 Cultural Politics and Media Fevers: Are They Causing Good People to Shun Public Office? Michael Barone | American Experiment Quarterly | Fall 1998 Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became and Extraordinary Leader Dinesh D'Suouza | American Experiment Quarterly | Fall 1998 The Politics of Virtue-Is Not Political At All Amitai Etzioni | American Experiment Quarterly | Fall 1998 The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America Stephen Goldsmith | American Experiment Quarterly | Fall 1998 Wrestling With Government Interference Mitchell B. Pearlstein | September 1998 Apologies Mitchell B. Pearlstein | June 1998 What's with Conservatism? Should the Right Be Toasting--or Crying in Its Bier? Fred Barnes | American Experiment Quarterly | Summer 1998 The Conservative Movement: What Color for its Tent? Mitchell B. Pearlstein | May 5, 1998     1997 Slavery Katherine A. Kersten | November 26, 1997 Optimism Mitchell B. Pearlstein | November 1997 Tyranny of the Minority Katherine A. Kersten | December 24, 1997 A Good Thing About Politicians Mitchell B. Pearlstein | October 1997 Should Minnesota Opt Out of Social Security? Paul R. Farago | June 23, 1997 Sen. Wellstone's Poverty Tour Katherine A. Kersten | July 16, 1997 What It Means To Be A Libertarian Charles Murray | January 17, 1997 Tom Reed's Integrity In Politics Katherine A. Kersten | March 12, 1997     1996 Ortega's Defeat Victory for Freedom Katherine A. Kersten | November 6, 1996 Women's Vote Katherine A. Kersten | October 28, 1996 Real Story on "Women's Vote" Katherine A. Kersten | September 11, 1996 1994-1996: A Conservative Re-alignment? William Kristol | May 22, 1996 Why Learn Western History? Katherine A. Kersten | April 3, 1996         1995 How a Poor Family Was Rich Katherine A. Kersten | November 15, 1995 Ike/Heartland Mitchell B. Pearlstein | May 23, 1995     1994 Newtonian Reactions Mitchell B. Pearlstein | November 21, 1994 Political Poetry Mitchell B. Pearlstein | October 10, 1994 1994 Minnesota Primary Elections Mitchell B. Pearlstein | September 19, 1994 Feminism and the First Lady Suzanne Fields | June 9, 1994     1993 Lani Guinier Reconsidered John H. Hinderaker and Scott W. Johnson | August 1993 The Conservative Momentum Michael Novak | March 24, 1993  What's Next for Conservatism? Vin Weber | March 1993