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Holiday Trees and Winter Candelabra
Calling a Christmas tree a “holiday tree” is like calling a Hanukkah menorah…
Read Blog DetailMoney for Nothing
On December 18 Metro referred a five-year local option levy of 9.6 cents…
Read Blog DetailFreedom in Middle-Earth: A Hobbit’s Eye View
By Lauren Hickok The first installment of director Peter Jackson’s long-awaited film adaptation…
Read Blog DetailTestimony on the Nike Tax Bill (Economic Impact Investment Act of 2012)
Good morning, Co-Chair Burdick, other co-chairs and members of the committee. I’m Steve…
Read Blog Detail“Streetcar Drives Development”―Portland’s Urban Legend
For much of human history, mass transit has had the utilitarian goal of…
Read Blog DetailTax Certainty for Nike? “Just Do It” for All
Governor Kitzhaber has called a special session of the Oregon legislature to enact…
Read Blog DetailSailing Competitive Seas
By William B. Conerly, Ph.D. I picked up my beer at the yacht…
Read Blog DetailRaising Taxes Won’t Reduce the Deficit
With just weeks to go before America slides off the so-called Fiscal Cliff,…
Read Blog DetailHow Many Feet Should Sellwood’s Sidewalk Be?
If we build a new bridge over the Willamette River, how much space…
Read Blog Detail“Pacific Coast Collaborative” Sends Kitzhaber Back to the Future
Last week Governor John Kitzhaber joined with other political leaders in the Pacific…
Read Blog DetailWhy Washington’s Parents Will Love Charter Schools
By Liv Finne Many parents are pleased voters have passed Initiative 1240, the…
Read Blog DetailWhy Washington’s Teachers Will Love Charter Schools
By Liv Finne Mr. Bob Dean is a public school teacher and a…
Read Blog DetailWhat Governor Bradford Learned at Plymouth’s First Thanksgiving
The quintessential American holiday, Thanksgiving evolved from the Pilgrims’ celebrations to thank God…
Read Blog DetailWhy Has Non-Teaching Staff Surged in Oregon Public Schools?
By James L. Huffman, JD Associate editor of The Oregonian Susan Nielsen says…
Read Blog DetailHow to End Poverty
President Johnson declared a “war on poverty” back in 1964 when the poverty…
Read Blog DetailWhat Is Food Freedom?
Please join us for Cascade’s monthly Policy Picnic Thursday, November 15 at noon. Cascade Board…
Read Blog DetailPortland’s Moody Avenue Project: Subtraction by Addition
Portland Mayor Sam Adams announced Monday that the reconstruction of Moody Avenue in…
Read Blog DetailIs Driving Less a Good Thing?
Recently, the Metro Council received the results of a four-county household travel survey…
Read Blog DetailThree Oregon Tax Measures: What They Would Do
With less than a week to go in this election cycle, Oregonians are…
Read Blog DetailWomen’s 2012 “Pocketbook Issue”—Free Contraception?
Common sense should intuit that suppressing the healthy operations of a normal human…
Read Blog DetailSteve Buckstein debates the merits of Measure 85
Steve Buckstein spoke to the Washington County Public Affairs Forum in September where…
Read Blog DetailMeasure 81 Would Take Salmon off the Table
By Thomas Dulcich and Michael Barton Oregonians are most fortunate to border the…
Read Blog DetailTaxpayers Should Be ReVolted by Green Business Subsidies
Last week another publicly subsidized “green business” company filed for bankruptcy in Portland….
Read Blog DetailTaxpayers Pay the Difference for ODOT’s Solar Power “Champagne”
By Chris Barton Imagine heading out to your favorite bar one evening to…
Read Blog DetailLike Moths to the Flame
Recently, The Oregonian published a feature story about the Portland Seed Fund. This…
Read Blog DetailWind Energy Can’t Stand Alone
A new Cascade Policy Institute–Reason Foundation study finds that wind energy is not…
Read Blog DetailCascade Update
Want to know the latest happenings at Cascade Policy Institute? Click here to…
Read Blog DetailWhy we Left the Left
Please join us for Cascade’s monthly Policy Picnic Wednesday, October 17 at noon. Cascade CEO…
Read Blog DetailWhy We Left the Left
Please join us for Cascade’s monthly Policy Picnic. Cascade CEO John A. Charles will discuss…
Read Blog DetailStatement on Oregon’s Measure 80 Ballot Initiative
PORTLAND, Ore- The eight members of Cascade Policy Institute’s Board of Directors have released the…
Read Blog DetailKathryn Hickok discusses the merits of the proposed Multnomah County Library taxing district measure
The League of Women Voters of Portland hosted a debate on local ballot…
Read Blog DetailSustainability Center Finally Euthanized
Reckless spending is such a way of life in Oregon politics that it…
Read Blog DetailCharters Can Expand Children’s Options in the Evergreen State
By Paul Guppy The school bell rings, and rows of eager young faces…
Read Blog DetailWind Power Can’t Cost-Effectively Be a Large Grid’s Main Source of Electricity
PORTLAND, Oregon—Because of its variable nature, wind energy is not suited to be…
Read Blog DetailWon’t Back Down
It’s not often that a Hollywood movie both entertains and helps parents learn…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s Real Education Spending Has Quadrupled Since 1957
Advocates on all sides of the public education spending-versus-results debate can cite various…
Read Blog DetailHospital Apologizes, PDC Repeats the Tragedy
Last Friday, Legacy Emanuel Hospital held a breakfast to apologize to the North…
Read Blog DetailDoubling the Sellwood Bridge for the Use of the Two Percent
By Michael Nielsen For more than six years, Multnomah County has been considering…
Read Blog Detail“A Republic, If You Can Keep It”
Our Constitution is 225 years old this week. In a famous story, a…
Read Blog DetailThe Unsustainability of Green Buildings
By Victoria Leca Portland politicians and civic leaders have tried to “brand” the…
Read Blog DetailAgassi Foundation for Education Is Tennis Great’s “Life’s Work”
Last Sunday tennis great Andre Agassi was inducted into the U.S. Open Court…
Read Blog Detail“Kicking” Education Funding Around―Why Measure 85 may not do what you think
Please join us for Cascade’s monthly Policy Picnic. Senior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein will lead a…
Read Blog DetailPower Buoys or Expensive Anchors?
Commercial wave power soon may be coming to the Oregon coast. Last month,…
Read Blog Detail“Kicking” Education Funding Around―Why Measure 85 may not do what you think
This November, Oregon voters will be asked to direct a highly uncertain, highly…
Read Blog DetailBanning Plastic Grocery Bags: Environmental Savior or Wasteful Eco-Fad?
By Todd Myers From Bellingham, Seattle, and Issaquah, Washington to Portland, Oregon and…
Read Blog DetailCreativity and Initiative Drive Our Economy
The first Labor Day was celebrated 130 years ago in September 1882. Labor…
Read Blog DetailLisa Graham Keegan discusses the importance of school choice
Cascade Policy Institute sat down with former Arizona school chief and national school choice advocate Lisa Graham Keegan to talk about how she became a supporter of educational freedom and why it’s important for our children. SEE THE VIDEO INTERVIEW.
Read Blog DetailWhy the School System Doesn’t Just “Buy Local”
By Erin Mae Shiffler The Oregonian’s recent PolitiFact “Feds Don’t Think Local on…
Read Blog DetailTestimony before the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners
Testimony before the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners Regarding the revised IGA for…
Read Blog DetailCosts of Utility Mandate Ultimately Borne by Consumers
By Eric Revell With the passage of Senate Bill 838 by the Oregon…
Read Blog DetailHistory Need Not Repeat Itself in Oregon’s Foreclosure Crisis
By Eric Revell Recently, a foreclosure mediation program passed by the Oregon state…
Read Blog DetailWhy Can’t Portland’s Pension Problem Be Solved Voluntarily?
By Shane Young In 2008, the Portland public safety fund realized it had…
Read Blog DetailPortland’s Proposed “Arts Education Tax”― Why Creativity and Government Subsidies Are Fundamentally at Odds
By Shane Young The “Arts Education and Access Income Tax” proposed by Portland…
Read Blog DetailInstead of More Public Housing, How About Housing Freedom?
By Victoria Leca The activist on hunger strike outside Portland City Hall ended…
Read Blog DetailThe New Sellwood Bridge: Subsidizing the Two Percenters
By Michael Nielsen For more than six years, Multnomah County has been considering…
Read Blog DetailCharting a New World of Educational Freedom
School choice has entered a new world. Because Americans are increasingly vocal on…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s Status Quo Lobby: How Teachers Unions Retard Real Education Reform
Oregon’s public education system is beset with problems. Too many students drop out,…
Read Blog DetailAfter a Century of Friedman, Parents Should Be “Free to Choose”
By Erin Mae Shiffler Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman would have turned 100…
Read Blog DetailAir Quality and Economic Innovation: “You Didn’t Do That”
By Todd Myers Asked by reporters how he felt after a victory over…
Read Blog DetailOregon Cosmetology Regulations Entangle Hair Braiders
By Shane Young Did you know you need a license to braid hair…
Read Blog DetailTaxmageddon Would Wreak Havoc on Oregon Taxpayers
By Sven R. Larson, Ph.D. By now, I am sure you have heard…
Read Blog DetailLower the Capital Gains Tax, Ignite Oregon’s Recovery
By Eric Revell As the state of Oregon struggles to ignite an economic…
Read Blog DetailKathryn Hickok discusses Americans’ "Best Earthly Inheritance"
In her latest interview with Cascade Policy Institute, Kathryn Hickok talks about her…
Read Blog DetailPolicy Judgment on Health Care Law “Is Reserved to the People”
By Jason Mercier “The Affordable Care Act is constitutional in part and unconstitutional…
Read Blog DetailOregon BLM Counties Must Craft Their Own Sustainable Funding
By Randal O’Toole Many Oregon counties, particularly in Southwestern Oregon, are in deep…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s Minimum Wage Prices Teens Out
By Michael Nielsen Oregon’s minimum wage laws are changing our economy, and it…
Read Blog DetailThe “Best Earthly Inheritance” Our Founders Bequeathed
Every July much is said by eloquent historians, civic and religious leaders, and—thanks…
Read Blog DetailSupreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of ObamaCare – Not its Efficacy
“The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that most of the Patient Protection and Affordable…
Read Blog DetailSupreme Court Strikes Down ObamaCare Individual Mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court ObamaCare decision reinforces what British researcher John Spiers told…
Read Blog DetailSupreme Court Strikes Down ObamaCare
The U.S. Supreme Court ObamaCare decision reinforces what British researcher John Spiers told…
Read Blog DetailUnion Members Can’t Be Forced to Pay for Political Activities
By Victoria Leca Last Thursday the Supreme Court rejected the idea that public…
Read Blog DetailKathryn Hickok talks about the first amendment fight to serve
We sat down with our Publications Director Kathryn Hickok to discuss her latest…
Read Blog DetailSupreme Court to EPA: “You Are Not Above the Law”
By Daniel A. Himebaugh Five years after the Environmental Protection Agency forced them…
Read Blog DetailLimit Government, Not Consumer Choices
By Erin Mae Shiffler We live in a country founded on freedom and…
Read Blog DetailFriedman Legacy for Freedom Day
RESERVATION DEADLINE IS THIS WEDNESDAY, JULY 25TH AT NOON. The Cascade Policy Institute…
Read Blog DetailSteve Buckstein talks with Victoria Taft on ending forced unionism
KPAM’s Victoria Taft interviewed Cascade Policy Institute Senior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein about…
Read Blog DetailThis First Amendment Fight Is for Freedom to Serve
Fifteen million. That is the number of meals Blanchet House of Hospitality estimates…
Read Blog DetailEnd Forced Unionism Now
The failed June 5th recall election of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was supposedly…
Read Blog DetailCascade Update Spring 2012
Want to know the latest happenings at Cascade Policy Institute? Click here to read…
Read Blog DetailOregon Lawmakers: Get Proactive on the Economy
Who wouldn’t want to live in the Pacific Northwest? According to the 2010…
Read Blog DetailZoning Oregonians out of House and Home
In a four-part feature this week, The Oregonian writes about the failure of…
Read Blog DetailBill Post interviews Sarah Ross on the role of government
Cascade Communications Coordinator Sarah Ross speaks with KYKN talk show host Bill Post…
Read Blog DetailSteve Buckstein interviewed about his commentary, Oregon’s Budget Transformation
We sat down with Senior Policy Analyst, Steve Buckstein, to talk about government trying to do efficiently that which it shouldn’t be doing at all. SEE THE VIDEO
Read Blog DetailKathryn Hickok talks with John Kuzmanich about the U.S. exit tax
KUIK radio talk show host John Kuzmanich interviewed Cascade Publications Director, Kathryn Hickok,…
Read Blog DetailAmerican Nightmare: How Government Undermines The Dream of Homeownership
Why did the American Dream turn into a nightmare when the housing bubble…
Read Blog DetailU- Choose Education Forum: Business and Government
Meeting the challenges of running a business in Oregon Join the U-Choose Education…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s Budget Transformation
Governor John Kitzhaber has called for transforming state government, in part by proposing…
Read Blog DetailExecutive Club: Oregon’s (free market!) Environmentalist
Randal O’Toole a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute is one of the most…
Read Blog DetailTear Down These Walls!
As a founder of Cascade, I was asked to speak at the fourth…
Read Blog DetailDivorcing Lady Liberty
Numerous recent news stories have reported on high-net-worth Americans renouncing their U.S. citizenship…
Read Blog DetailJohn Charles talks with Victoria Taft about the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project
Victoria Taft, radio host on KPAM 860, interviewed John Charles about his latest…
Read Blog DetailTestimony Regarding TriMet Proposed FY 13 Budget
Testimony before the Multnomah County Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission Regarding the TriMet…
Read Blog DetailLegislative Testimony Regarding Public Purpose Tax
Testimony of John A. Charles, Jr. President & CEO Regarding Oregon’s Public Purpose…
Read Blog DetailJeff Kropf talks with John Charles about TriMet’s Transit Hypocrisy
KUIK radio host Jeff Kropf interviewed Cascade President John Charles on his latest…
Read Blog DetailTransit Hypocrisy
Two years ago, the head of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Peter Rogoff,…
Read Blog DetailBill Post interviews Sarah Ross on a need for competition in education
KYKN radio host, Bill Post spoke with Cascade Communications Coordinator Sarah Ross on…
Read Blog DetailBill Meyer talks with Steve Buckstein about Right to Work in education
KMED host Bill Meyer spoke with Cascade Senior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein about…
Read Blog DetailBill Meyer talks with Steve Buckstein about right to work in education
KMED host Bill Meyer spoke with Cascade Senior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein about…
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