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Public School Bounty Hunters
How many of us remember the scenes of young East Germans risking their lives to escape under, over or around the Berlin Wall? Happily, those memories are fading since the wall came down in 1989. Unhappily, young people still have … Continue reading
“This Type of Choice Is No Choice”
“We saw no light at the end of that tunnel,” writes James Shuls, a Ph.D. candidate in education policy at the University of Arkansas. “We may have been able to attend a different school within the district, but we were … Continue reading
Posted in Cascade Website, Kathryn Hickok, School Choice Project
Tagged Common Core, educational opportunity, school choice
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Freedom in Fiction: 1984
George Orwell’s frightening novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published 64 years ago this week. Ironically, the anniversary coincides with revelations that the U.S. government has been conducting warrantless searches of the complete phone records of millions of Americans under a secret court … Continue reading
Oregon Ranks #22 in State-Level Indebtedness
The U.S. national debt is estimated at $53,000 per person today―and climbing. But that doesn’t take into account Americans’ state-level debt. According to the Tax Foundation’s map of state debt per capita (fiscal year 2011), Oregon’s debt is $3,650. Massachusetts … Continue reading
Posted in Cascade Website, Kathryn Hickok, Tax and Budget
Tagged debt, Massachusetts, Oregon, Tax Foundation
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From Beirut to Brooklyn: A War Correspondent Finds Adventure While Brewing Beer
“Starting a business is as exciting as running off to cover a war,” says Steve Hindy, a journalist who worked for the Associated Press in the Middle East. Selling alcohol was against the law in some countries, so Hindy learned … Continue reading
Posted in Cascade Website, Kathryn Hickok, Video
Tagged Beirut, brewing, Brooklyn Brewing, business, Steve Hindy
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“Citizens Against Crime” Makes Burglars Pause in Josephine County
With only three patrol officers covering 1,642 square miles of a rural Southern Oregon county, law enforcement can respond only “to life-threatening calls.” For lesser crimes, citizens could find themselves on their own. In May 2012, severe budget problems in … Continue reading
Posted in Cascade Website, Kathryn Hickok, Land Use, Rural Freedom, Tax and Budget, Video
Tagged Jackson County, law enforcement, public safety, Reason TV
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Freedom in Fiction: A Man for All Seasons
“So now you’d give the Devil benefit of law!” declares Thomas More’s son-in-law in Robert Bolt’s classic play, A Man for All Seasons. “Yes,” More replies. “What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after … Continue reading
This Week in the Capitol: Health Care and Hair Braiding
In the waning days of the legislative session in Salem, Cascadians are still at work representing the views of free-market and limited-government Oregonians. On Monday, Steve Buckstein took up the fight against single payer health care, testifying about the negatives … Continue reading
Cascade in the Capitol: Testimony Opposing an Oregon Single Payer Health Care System
Audio of the entire hearing is here. Steve Buckstein’s oral testimony begins at the 36:37 mark. Testimony in Opposition to HB 2922 The “Affordable Health Care for All Oregon” Plan Before the House Committee on Health Care By Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Cascade in the Capitol, Cascade Website, Health Care, Steve Buckstein
Tagged single payer
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