Certain truths : essays about our families, children, and culture from Center of the American Experiment's first five years

A collection of essays about families, children and culture from the first five years of Center of the American Experiment, a Minnesota-based conservative think tank. Ten tentative truths / by Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- What do women want? / by Katherine A. Kersten -- Mean-spirited people and the maintenance of poverty / by Stephen B. Young -- Talking about values / by Mitchell B. Pearlstein -- Fatherless America / by David Blankenhorn -- Hollywood vs. America / by Michael Medved -- The tyranny of the urgent / by Karen Ruth Effrem -- The constitutional case for universal school choice in Minnesota (with update) / by Jon S. Lerner -- Ghetto poverty and the power of faith / by Glenn C. Loury -- Outcome-based education / by Bruno V. Manno -- Reforming welfare / by Robert Rector -- Teen sex, welfare reform, and the politicians / by Douglas J. Besharov -- Reforming adoption / by Judith D. Vincent -- Orphanages / by Richard B. McKenzie -- Families and citizens / by Jean Bethke Elshtain -- From Moynihan to "My goodness" / by Mitchell B. Pearlstein -- Ten not-so-tentative truths (keynote) / by Chester E. Finn, Jr