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Ladies for Liberty

with author John Blundell

Published on Oct. 3, 2011

Please join Northwood University and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy on Monday, October 3, 2011 as we welcome author John Blundell and "Ladies for Liberty" at the Doan History Center in Midland.

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Live Simulcast of "Beyond the Bailout" Forum

A Mackinac Center for Public Policy Panel on Saving the American Automobile Industry

Published on Jan. 13, 2009
Property Rights brochure

Property Rights Network Promo

By Russ Harding and Bruce Edward Walker, published on July 16, 2008
Winton cover

The Difference One Can Make (Monograph)

By Lawrence W. Reed and Benjamin D. Stafford, published on Jan. 8, 2007
Character saves lives, as the story of Nicholas Winton teaches us. It also defines each one of us as a person and in the process, shapes entire nations and determines their course. This is why the Mackinac Center for Public Policy has devoted talent and resources to the character issue. Though much of our work focuses on specific public policy issues, we know that good policy ultimately derives from good character. That’s another way of saying that we shouldn’t expect government to be any better than the people it reflects. We hope that these two essays will help spark a revival of interest in the critical role that character plays in a free society. more
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Restoring Our Heritage of Property Rights

By Russ Harding and Patrick J. Wright, published on June 28, 2006
America’s Founders created a system of government designed to protect property rights. The Founders were influenced by the 17th century philosopher John Locke, who held that everyone who labored had a natural right to property. Property rights, he wrote, reward effort and reduce conflict. Preserving “lives, liberties, and estates” is “the great and chief end” of government. more

Revitalizing Detroit

By Michael D. LaFaive, published on Nov. 8, 2005

Transforming Michigan

By Lawrence W. Reed, published on Sept. 20, 2005

Forging Consensus Comments by George Clowes and Jay Greene

with Responses from the Author

By Andrew J. Coulson, published on Sept. 1, 2005

This paper summarizes the comments offered by Dr. George Clowes and Dr. Jay P. Greene on my essay "Forging Consensus: Can the School Choice Community Come Together on an Explicit Goal and a Plan for Achieving It," as well as providing my responses to those comments.[1] Though it was written shortly after the comments were submitted, its release was deferred until permission to publish them was received. A complete, slightly revised version of Dr. Clowes’ comments is now available on-line.[2]

The sections that follow present the reviewers’ comments, grouped by topic. Comments are formatted as block quotations and ascribed to either Dr. Clowes (GC) or Dr. Greene (JPG). My responses appear in the body of the text.

Dr. Clowes is a senior fellow of the Heartland Institute and contributing editor of the paper School Choice News. Dr. Greene is a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, and author of numerous scientific studies of American schools and school choice programs.


[1] http://www.mackinac.org/6517

[2] http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16914

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Bob Lyons, R.I.P.

By Lawrence W. Reed, published on June 18, 2004

The True Meaning of Patriotism

By Lawrence W. Reed, published on Sept. 11, 2002
Clear Eyes

With Clear Eyes, Sincere Hearts and Open Minds

A Second Look at Public Education in America

By Andrew J. Coulson, published on July 27, 2002
Mr. Andrew J. Coulson writes this introspective piece embodying the exact characteristics described in its title: clear eyes, sincere hearts, open minds. A non-political, logical, heart-felt, and very necessary in-depth look at America's system of schooling. more

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy Library

A list of classic free-market books by Mackinac Center for Public Policy scholars

Published on April 26, 2002
A list of classic free-market titles by Mackinac Center for Public Policy scholars. more

The (New) Three R's: Recycling, Rationing, and Regulation

By Diane S. Katz, published on Nov. 30, 2001
Speech given by Ms. Diane Katz, then-editorial writer for The Detroit News, at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy's 8th Annual Scholars Summit, held Nov. 9-10, 2001, in Midland. more

Four Principles and a Challenge

By Lawrence W. Reed, published on Nov. 16, 2001
Remarks by Mackinac Center President Lawrence Reed at the Michigan Association of Public School Academies's fourth annual conference, "Education's New Leadership," held in Ypsilanti Nov. 7-8, 2001, as part of a debate with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Watkins. more

Tocqueville, We Are Here

By John Andrews, published on Nov. 15, 2001
Americans in our determination to win the struggle against our enemies must be vigilant lest we lose, in the process, our identity as a free society. Our heritage of liberty will not be overtly abandoned. But there is the danger that it will be gradually hollowed out by one concession after another in the name of a comfortable and risk-free existence-a powerful impulse in modern culture for decades now, and far more so since Sept. 11. more

The Case for School Choice

Prepared for the Revenue Taxation Committee, Oklahoma House of Representatives

By Matthew J. Brouillette, published on Nov. 14, 2001
Nov. 5, 2001 testimony of Mackinac Center Director of Education Policy Matthew Brouillette before the Oklahoma House of Representatives's Revenue and Taxation Committee on the issue of increasing school choice in that state. more

Setting a Higher Standard of Accountability in Public Education

By Matthew J. Brouillette, published on Nov. 12, 2001
Charter schools have accepted the challenge of serving two masters. As public schools of choice, they are accountable to both the government-through the state and their authorizers-and the market-through parents, students, and the community. more
Planned Tax Cuts To Create Over 75,000 New Jobs Over the Next Five Years

Tax Cuts: Tonic for an Ailing Economy

By Lawrence W. Reed, published on Oct. 25, 2001
Testimony by Mackinac Center for Public Policy President Lawrence W. Reed before two panels of the Michigan Legislature-first the House Commerce Committee and then the Senate Economic Development Committee-on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001. more

School Finance Reform Lessons from Michigan

By Matthew J. Brouillette, published on Oct. 12, 2001
On October 10, 2001, Mackinac Center education policy expert Matthew J. Brouillette testified before the Pennsylvania House of Representative's Select Committee on Public Education Funding. The committee was created for the purpose of making recommendations for a new system of funding for public education in the Keystone State. Brouillette was called upon by Pennsylvania Rep. Jeff Coleman to inform the committee about Michigan's experience with school finance reform (Proposal A of 1994) and the lessons Pennsylvania might learn from the Great Lakes State. more
Rome brochure

Are We Going the Way of Rome?

By Lawrence W. Reed, published on Sept. 1, 2001

This transcript of a popular speech delivered by Mackinac Center for Public Policy's President Lawrence Reed more than 100 times in the past 15 years contains a very provocative and timeless message. The ancient Roman civilization decayed largely because Romans sacrificed liberty for the false security of the welfare state. Parallels between ancient Rome and recent American history offer important warnings about our nation's direction. 4 pages.

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