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‘Counterpoint’ to Keillor’s War-on-Christmas op-ed is more of same

By Chris Steller | 12.22.09 | 12:59 pm

Two days after the Star Tribune carried Garrison Keillor’s War-on-Christmas op-ed, the paper prints a “Counterpoint” by Mitch Pearlstein, president of the Center of the American Experiment. Pearlstein calls Keillor “nasty” but “brilliant” — and agrees…

What government service would you give up not to eat with Charles Krauthammer?

By Chris Steller | 01.26.09 | 2:58 pm

The Minneapolis-based Center for the American Experiment is holding its second short-essay contest on this question: “Specifically, what governmental services currently and directly benefiting you and your family –- be those services local, state, or federal -– would…