KMED host Bill Meyer spoke with Cascade Senior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein about the philosophy of right to work, education unions, and the Eagle Point School District teacher strikes.

Cascade Senior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein talked with KPAM host Victoria Taft about his last commentary, “Rescue children from our burning school system.”

Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker is a larger-than-life figure fighting for what he calls the “Most Important Civil Right of All – equal access to high quality education.” Last week Booker gave an inspiring keynote address before the American Federation for Children, a national school choice organization. He said his strong support for school [...]

The slogan “Keep Portland Weird” was reinforced recently when the city threatened to fine two local companies a total of $895,000 for—get this—offering to charge prices the city deems are “too low.”   You see, a 2009 law requires that limousine and sedan rides to or from Portland International Airport must cost you at least [...]

Victoria Taft spoke with Senior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein on Monday about public transportation and the Institute for Justice lawsuit against the City of Portland because of its towncar regulations.

Hit hard by the national recession, Oregon lawmakers started the regular 2011 legislative session―and then the new shorter annual 2012 session―with calls to create jobs. By the time those sessions ended,  little had been done to encourage job growth in the state. And virtually nothing was done to address the major factors that determine the [...]

Many areas of our lives are being revolutionized by technology. Those changing the fastest are the ones subject primarily to market forces. Those changing the least are the ones controlled primarily by government.   How many of us communicate with others at a distance today the same way that we did twenty years ago? In [...]

Steve Buckstein appeared as a guest Monday on the Victoria Taft Show, where he discussed the growing number of union members, the potential of a Right to Work program in Oregon, and recent education reforms.

Many of us had a favorite teacher back in elementary or high school – someone who inspired us, who made learning fun and easy. Under the old brick school building model, that great teacher could only influence a relative handful of students at a time. Remember how lucky you felt having Mrs. Smith for sixth [...]

KEX 1190 radio hosts Mark and Dave interview Cascade founder Steve Buckstein about Cascade’s report on the effects of Oregon requiring prescriptions for pseudoephedrine (PSE) on the number of meth labs in the state.