American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC); Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions; Humphrey H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota; Kansas Policy Institute; Mackinac Center for Public Policy; Minnesota Free Market Institute at Center of the American Experiment; Politics in Minnesota; State Policy Network; Thomson Reuters
An overview of my work
Writer; developmental editor; copy editor; writing coach; researcher
Kinds of work I deliver
Reports; op-eds; newspaper columns; newsletter articles; blog posts; book reviews; direct mail pieces; research memos; customer testimonials; Facebook and Twitter updates for clients
Topics
Education, health care, economic growth, taxes, and state and local government
Portfolio
- Writing and editing portfolio: Reports, newspaper columns, and op-eds
- Fundraising: Year-end and other appeals
- Center of the American Experiment: Blog posts and reports for Minnesota's leading think tank, which now includes the Minnesota Free Market Institute: Focusing on education and fiscal matters
- State House Call: A blog site focusing on health care policy, active from December 2006 through June 2010, and now updated on an occasional basis
- Kansas Education: A blog on K-12 education policy, frequently updated 2006-2010, and infrequently updated since then
- The Michigan View: Commentary on policy and politics for Michigan's leading opinion website; hosted by the Detroit News and edited by writer/editorial cartoonist Henry Payne
- Policy Guy blog: Self-published material, going back to 2003, plus reprints of blog entries from various clients
Newspaper credits (partial)
Detroit News; Kansas City Star; Minneapolis Star-Tribune; St. Paul Legal Ledger/Capitol Report; Wichita Eagle
Radio appearances
WJR-AM, Michigan; WKLA-AM, Michigan; WWTC-AM, Minnesota; KVRS-AM, Oklahoma
Current and former affiliations
Senior policy fellow for the Minnesota Free Market Institute at Center of the American Experiment; education policy fellow at the Kansas Policy Institute; contributor to The Michigan View; listed in the Policy Experts directory of The Heritage Foundation; council member of the Gerson Lerhman Group; regional secretary of the North American Snowsports Journalists Association; chapter president of the Editorial Freelancers Association; member of the Professional Editors Network.
Endorsements
Endorsements available here
Social Media
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- My LinkedIn profile
Contact
- The best way to contact me is to send an e-mail, using both my first name and the name of this domain as the relevant parts of the e-mail address. You may also contact me through my LinkedIn profile.