by Steven B. Young
Published: March 19, 2010
I've been asked: why trust markets to provide health care when they just don't work fairly? Just look at the Wall Street meltdown if you have any remaining doubts about the efficacy of markets to serve the common good, the counter argument went. There is a point to this objection to reliance on markets, but not a fully persuasive one to me.
by Dane Smith
Published: March 17, 2010
Tags: Ann Rest, Bush Foundation, Dane Smith, Humphrey Institute, Obama, Paul Marquart, Peter Hutchinson, Sandy Rummel, Terri Bonoff
Bush Foundation President Peter Hutchinson frequently has used the phrase “bowling in the fog” to describe the frustration of community leaders who are forced to make decisions without enough research and evidence.
by Charles C. Haynes
Published: March 12, 2010
At a time when American students rank an abysmal 21st in science literacy when compared with students around the world, state legislatures should be passing laws to strengthen science education—or at least refrain from enacting bills that make matters worse.
by Phil Krinkie
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: Phil Krinkie, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Bakk
It didn’t take long. Just one month after the start of the 2010 legislative session, Sen. Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, chair of the Senate Tax Committee, proposed a whopping new tax increase—a sales tax on all clothing.
by admin
Published: March 10, 2010
Beliefs about the right to privacy are colliding ever more frequently with claims of free expression in a web-wired world.
by admin
Published: March 10, 2010
Get ready for that twice yearly ritual, the changing of the clocks. Yes, this Sunday, Americans will endure another unnecessary inconvenience and expense imposed by our well-meaning, over-powerful and ill-informed government: Daylight Saving Time.
by Britt Robson
Published: March 5, 2010
Tags: Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Peter Hutchinson
Civics 101 teaches us that one function of elections is to keep leaders accountable to the people they serve. If a politician wants to attain or hold on to an office, he or she must behave in a manner that appeals to enough of the electorate to earn at least a plurality of the vote. That’s what representative democracy is all about.
by Steven B. Young
Published: March 5, 2010
Tags: anarchy, Taxes, Tim Pawlenty
What a relief—Minnesota’s fiscal crisis is over!
by Dane Smith and Jennifer Godinez
Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: Dane Smith, Department of Employment and Economic Development, Marty Seifert, Minnesota Office of Higher Education
A renewed focus on improving minority attainment will lead to a stronger and more equitable economy
by Charles C. Haynes
Published: February 26, 2010
The Board of Commissioners in Forsyth County, N.C., typically open their meetings with a Christian prayer - and a majority of the commissioners are determined to keep it that way. As far as they're concerned, what the Christian majority wants, the Christian majority should get.
