Cascade Commentaries Index
| Title | Author | Subject | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERS to Determine Oregon's Future | Steve Buckstein | PERS reform | 5/10/04 |
| Helping Poor Help Themselves | John Blundell | Property rights and independence | 5/5/04 |
| The Little Buses That Could | John A. Charles | Interstate MAX | 4/26/04 |
| Healthy Forests | Linda E. Platts | Forest management | 4/26/04 |
| I'll Take Free Choice | Sheldon Richman | Free-markets and choices | 3/25/04 |
| No excuses for Oregon's achievement gap | Abigail Thernstrom, Ph.D. | Minority achievement gap in public education | 2/26/04 |
| Sons of the state, or citizens of society? | Kathryn Hickok | Individual liberty and the proper role of governme | 2/16/04 |
| How to stabilize Oregon tax revenue | Michael L. Barton, Ph.D. | Oregon taxes | 2/6/04 |
| Build community, not dependence | Kathryn Hickok and Kurt T. Weber | Individual liberty vs. government dependence | 2/3/04 |
| Freedom in Middle-earth: A Hobbit's eye view | Lauren Hickok | Tolkien's illustration of freedom | 1/13/04 |
| Keep Oregon's quality of life, without new taxes | Geoffrey F. Segal | Oregon state budget and spending | 1/13/04 |
| Keep politics away from money | Sheldon Richman | Campaign finance regulations | 1/13/04 |
| The Wright lesson | Lawrence W. Reed | Government funding | 12/19/03 |
| Oregon tax reformers put cart before horse | Jason Mercier and Marsha Richards | Tax reform in Oregon | 12/5/03 |
| Steele Park: Another MAX fiasco | Michael L. Barton, Ph.D. and John A. Charles | Transit-Oriented Development | 11/5/03 |
| An ounce of budget reform leadership | Jason Mercier | State spending | 10/21/03 |
| Poverty for all? | Doug Bandow | The benefits of free-markets | 10/13/03 |
| Harry Potter: The new Atlas Shrugged? | Eryk Boston | Lessons in liberty | 10/10/03 |
| Peaceful revolutions and recalling politicians | Joseph Coon and Kurt T. Weber | Recall elections | 9/26/03 |
| Disasters are no excuse for price controls | Jacob G. Hornberger | Price controls during disasters | 9/26/03 |
| Blame politicians, not Measure 5 | Jamie Voytko | Oregon state spending after Measure 5 | 9/8/03 |
| Fair thee well! | Joseph Coon | Oregon State Fair subsidies | 8/19/03 |
| TOD: A solution in search of a problem | John A. Charles | Transit-Oriented Development | 7/22/03 |
| Just the spending facts ma'am | Nick Weller | Education spending in Oregon | 7/18/03 |
| Prosperity or Portland? | Steve Buckstein | Portland's high cost business climate | 7/14/03 |
| One hundred years of Orwellian thought | Joseph Coon | A centennial tribute to George Orwell | 7/11/03 |
| To declare independence | Kurt T. Weber | Thomas Jefferson's ideas about liberty | 6/25/03 |
| Phreemarketeers following Phish | Aaron Davis | Jam-band capitalists | 6/23/03 |
| Equality before the law for Boy Scouts and gays | Clint Bolick, J.D. | Individual liberties | 6/20/03 |
| Sailing competitive seas | William B. Conerly, Ph.D. | Free trade and market competition | 6/19/03 |
| Can we afford TriMet? | Michael L. Barton, Ph.D. | Transit | 5/30/03 |
| The Field of Ecomonic Dreams | Matt Roehr, CFA, and Kurt T. Weber | Publicly funded sports stadiums | 5/30/03 |
| Chile's unemployment insurance model | William B. Conerly, Ph.D. | Unemployment insurance | 5/13/03 |
| No accountability: Portland's Mini PERS | Matt Roehr, CFA | Portland's FPD&R fund | 4/25/03 |
| A sober critique of the beer tax | Joseph Coon | Sin taxes | 4/25/03 |
| Don't reward TriMet's dysfunction | John A. Charles and Michael Barton, Ph.D. | TriMet tax increase request | 4/25/03 |
| Connect school funding to those who benefit | Nick Weller | School funding | 4/25/03 |
| Risks of a Multnomah County income tax | Steve Buckstein | Measure 26-48 | 4/25/03 |
| It's time to unlock SAIF | William B. Conerly, Ph.D. | SAIF Corporation | 3/6/03 |
| Let neighborhood schools determine their future | Nick Weller | Educational spending | 2/28/03 |
| Options increase in local phone markets | James Gattuso, J.D. | Telecom industry | 2/7/03 |
| Fix PERS to fix future budget problems | William B. Conerly, Ph.D. | PERS and Oregon's budget | 2/5/03 |
| Flock to Hawk Mountain | Bart Frazier | Protecting wildlife with private property rights | 1/17/03 |
| Don't buy the Beavers, sell the stadium | Michael L. Barton, Ph.D. | Sell the city's baseball stadium | 1/17/03 |
| Shop 'til you drop, public officials | Adrian Moore | Competitive bidding of public services | 1/17/03 |
| Oregon state spending up even if Measure 28 fails | William B. Conerly, Ph.D., and Steve Buckstein | Oregon Measure 28 | 1/14/03 |
| Shut down PERS now | Steve Buckstein | PERS reform | 12/19/02 |
| Spending billions to create more congestion | John A. Charles | I-5 Trade Partnership Task Force analysis | 11/22/02 |
| When giving, give wisely | Kurt T. Weber | Successful, compassionate charity | 11/22/02 |
| HRAs benefit employees and employers | Kurt T. Weber | Health Reimbursement Arrangements | 11/21/02 |
| First, look at school spending | Nick Weller | Education spending | 11/12/02 |
| Harming those we think we're helping | Ayse Y. Evrensel, Ph.D. | Minimum wage laws | 10/23/02 |
| Single payer food | James Frogue | Single payer systems | 10/22/02 |
| Surveillance doesn’t end with terrorists | Charlotte Twight, Ph.D. | Civil liberties | 10/21/02 |
| Measure 27 clouds otherwise clear choices | Gregory Conko | Mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food | 10/16/02 |
| If the food doesn't kill you, the wait will | Lawrence W. Reed and Kurt T. Weber | Canadian health care | 8/30/02 |
| Free the universities, fund the students | Nick Weller | Higher education funding | 8/23/02 |
| Workers unite! - Against forced dues | Jami Lund | Unions and free speech | 8/23/02 |
| Living wage laws: Less livable than you'd think | Joseph Coon | "Living wage" laws | 7/30/02 |
| Clean air: An environmental success story | John A. Charles | Air pollution | 7/30/02 |
| Improve education by empowering parents | Nick Weller | Parental rights in education | 7/30/02 |
| Independence Day: Remember the reason | Michael Barton, Ph.D. | Independence Day | 7/3/02 |
| Wilderness Unlimited | Joey Coon & Angela Eckhardt | Rereation, conservation on private lands | 5/30/02 |
| Check out library fees | John A. Charles | Library funding | 5/28/02 |
| Fix PERS for new hires | Angela Eckhardt | PERS reform | 5/20/02 |
| The war on drugs is a bad investment | Gary E. Johnson | Drug policy reform | 5/20/02 |
| CAM pushes jobs over academics | Nick Weller | Oregon's Certificate of Initial Mastery | 4/16/02 |
| Tax Freedom Day | Angela Eckhardt | Taxes | 4/16/02 |
| Let private schools help with public education | Brother Bob Smith | School vouchers | 4/12/02 |
| Special interests run with faulty obesity data | Randal O'Toole | Obesity and urban sprawl | 4/10/02 |
| Charter forests offer public lands solution | Randal O'Toole | Public lands management | 3/26/02 |
| School choice meets constitutional standards | Robert Freedman, J.D. | Cleveland school voucher case | 3/26/02 |
| Urban renewal drains resources, confuses all | Gregory W. Byrne, J.D. | Urban renewal funding | 2/26/02 |
| Repent from sin taxes | John A. Charles | Cigarette taxes | 2/20/02 |
| Time for a tax cut | William B. Conerly, Ph.D. | Tax cut | 2/6/02 |
| Leave job creation to private sector | Angela Eckhardt and Lawrence W. Reed | Job creation | 2/1/02 |
| Say "no" to Governor's tax increases | Steve Buckstein | State budget shortfall | 1/24/02 |
| City officials don't want to solve congestion | John A. Charles | Traffic relief | 1/15/02 |
| Give Oregon back its money | William B. Conerly, Ph.D. | Federal unemployment insurance tax | 1/10/02 |
| SimpleCare helps cut health care costs | Kurt T. Weber | Reducing administrative costs in health care | 11/28/01 |
| Rethink civic education | Nick Weller | Role of schools in civic education | 11/21/01 |
| Sustainability myths | John A. Charles | Sustainability | 11/13/01 |
| Defending whom? | Doug Bandow | National defense | 10/1/01 |
| Improve security: Hold airports accountable | Robert W. Poole, Jr. and Viggo Butler | Airport security | 10/1/01 |
| Terrorism and blind faith in government | James Bovard | Rising trust in government | 10/1/01 |
| Wrong number | Kurt T. Weber | Government-provided telecom services | 10/1/01 |
| Rural Oregonians tap pioneer self-reliance | Jeff Muir and Angela Eckhardt | Self help for infrastructure projects | 10/1/01 |
| Sensible transportation policies for Seattle | John A. Charles | Traffic congestion solutions | 9/30/01 |
| Initiative under assault | Eric Winters | Legal challenges to voter-approved initiatives | 9/1/01 |
| In search of sutainability | John A. Charles | Sustainability | 9/1/01 |
| Term limits okay, smaller government better | John A. Charles | Term limits | 9/1/01 |
| Will work for school | Nick Weller | Creative ways to lower tuition costs | 8/28/01 |
| Workers deserve choice in representation | William B. Conerly, Ph.D. | Labor representation | 8/15/01 |
| Finding solutions in the Klamath Basin | John A. Charles | Klamath Basin water crisis | 8/15/01 |
| Environmentalists can drill oil, too | John A. Charles | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | 8/1/01 |
| A tribute to brewing, a lesson on government | Kurt T. Weber | Brewpubs and business regulations | 7/23/01 |
| Small towns benefit through privatization | Robin A. Johnson | Public works privatization | 7/1/01 |
| PERS reform is overdue | Peter J. Ferrara, J.D. | Public employee pension reform | 7/1/01 |
| Politics corrupts money | Paul R. Farago | Campaign finance | 6/30/01 |
| School district troubles reveal system's flaws | Nick Weller | Portland Public Schools | 6/30/01 |
| The false promise of accountability testing | Nick Weller | Standards and testing | 6/30/01 |
| Congestion pricing is inevitable | John A. Charles | Congestion pricing | 6/1/01 |
| New math at Metro: Buy high, sell low | John A. Charles | Transit-oriented developments | 5/30/01 |
| Price caps would become the problem | Lynne Keisling, Ph.D. | Electricity price caps | 5/17/01 |
| Certification doesn't equal teacher quality | Matthew J. Brouillette and Aaron W. Davis | Teacher certification | 5/17/01 |
| Prohibition's over, the OLCC should go now | Aaron W. Davis and Angela Eckhardt | Oregon Liquor Control Comm. | 5/17/01 |
| Civil vs. political society: Reflections on tax day | Kurt T. Weber | Morality of taxation | 4/18/01 |
| Earth Day 2001: It's time to move on | John A. Charles | Earth Day | 4/11/01 |
| Private scholarships expand school choice | Nick Weller | Scholarship foundations | 4/1/01 |
| Taking care of ourselves | Kurt T. Weber | Responsibility | 4/1/01 |
| School tax credits: Lessons from Arizona | Thomas C. Patterson | School tax credits | 3/30/01 |
| Build it (privately), and they will come | Zenon X. Zygmont and Aaron W. Davis | Subsidized stadiums | 3/30/01 |
| Moving forward with charter schools | Thomas C. Patterson | Charter schools | 3/30/01 |
| Adam Smith revisited | Chana B. Cox and Joseph J. Cox | Free markets | 2/20/01 |
| Repeal Little Davis-Bacon, reduce government fat | Kurt T. Weber | Prevailing wage law | 2/20/01 |
| MSAs are good medicine | Angela Eckhardt | Medical savings accounts | 2/20/01 |
| Don't blame deregulation for dark days | Angela Eckhardt | Electricity deregulation | 1/17/01 |
| Cutting the budget? Cut corporate welfare | Zenon X. Zygmont, Ph.D. | Corporate welfare | 1/17/01 |
| It's time to serve students, not schools | John A. Charles | Universal education tax credit | 1/17/01 |
| Simplistic views about majority rule | Chana B. Cox, Ph.D. | Majority rule | 1/8/01 |
| Return to charity, rediscover community | Angela Eckhadt and Tamar Hare | Private philanthropy | 1/4/01 |
| Money on Portland's livability: Right conclusion, wrong reasons | John A. Charles | Portland livability | 12/13/00 |
| The environmental benefits of globalization | John A. Charles | Globalization | 12/1/00 |
| Property rights trump petitioners' convenience | Steve Buckstein | Initiative petitioning | 9/25/00 |
| School funding model won't improve education | Richard K. Vedder, Ph.D. | School funding | 9/14/00 |
| This Labor Day, celebrate the worker, not the union | Paul R. Farago and Angela Eckhardt | Unions | 8/28/00 |
| Celebrating the irrelevancy of politics | John A. Charles | Civil vs political society | 8/24/00 |
| What happened to personal responsibility? | Caroline Allen | Responsibility | 8/14/00 |
| Microsoft: Latest target in the litigation lottery | Bill Mankin | Antitrust | 7/26/00 |
| Planning for the past | John A. Charles | Urban Growth Boundaries | 7/21/00 |
| Train drain: Why transit users should oppose light-rail expansion | John A. Charles | Light rail v. buses | 7/1/00 |
| Children not mere creatures of the state | Steve Buckstein | Diversity, parental control in education | 6/19/00 |
| It's time for a new system to pay for road work | John A. Charles | Road pricing | 5/22/00 |
| School finance: It's not a revenue problem | John A. Charles | School funding | 5/10/00 |
| Looking for money in all the wrong places | John A. Charles | School funding | 4/19/00 |
| Is mankind a titanic failure? | Fred L. Smith, Jr. | Environmental quality | 4/18/00 |
| Citizen 'suggestion box' can inspire better government | Angela Eckhardt | Better Government Competition | 4/15/00 |
| Death tax kills family farms and wildlife | Clay J. Landry and J. Bishop Grewell | Estate tax | 4/11/00 |
| Abolish the OLCC? We'll drink to that! | Angela Eckhardt and Kurt T. Weber | Oregon Liquor Control Commissi | 4/3/00 |
| Technology is changing the face of government | Phil Keisling | Better Government Competition | 3/28/00 |
| Booker T. Washington: Up from slavery | Kurt T. Weber | Entrepreneurial spirit | 2/23/00 |
| A vision that seems stuck in the 20th century | Steve Buckstein | Oregon budget | 1/22/00 |
| Let's start over on our national health-care debate | Stephen A. Gregg | Health care reform | 12/23/99 |
| That fellow behind the tree | Paul R. Farago | Taxation | 12/8/99 |
| Is this Poland, cir. 1966, or Portland approaching 2000? | Zenon Zygmont | Utility deregulation | 11/29/99 |
| Metro Fatigue | Paul R. Farago | Metro regional government | 11/5/99 |
| Making it easier for companies to be 'green' | Lynn Scarlett | Flexible environmental permits | 9/9/99 |
| Water markets work for the west | Clay J. Landry | Water quality | 9/7/99 |
| Warning: Tobacco lawsuits may be habit forming | Angela Eckhardt | Tobacco lawsuits | 9/1/99 |
| A college fund on the Social Security model | William B. Conerly, Ph.D. | Social Security reform | 8/1/99 |
| Cure for the post-April 15 blues? | Paul R. Farago | Taxation | 5/1/99 |
| More money won’t help Oregon education | Steve Buckstein | School funding | 3/16/99 |
| Charter schools Kiwi-style | The Hon. Maurice P. McTigue, Q.S.O. | Charter schools | 3/1/99 |
| Stopping sprawl: A solution in search of a problem | John A. Charles | Urban Growth Boundaries | 3/1/99 |
| Arizona's message to Oregon: Charter Schools Now! | Lisa Graham Keegan | Charter schools | 2/1/99 |
| End Portland's war on private transit | Kurt T. Weber & Angela Eckhardt | Taxi regulations | 1/13/99 |
| Light rail was never the answer | Gerard C.S. Mildner | Light rail | 11/12/98 |
| Victory for the Government Party | Paul R. Farago | Elections | 11/1/98 |
| Pave eastside MAX line, run buses on it | John A. Charles | Light rail v. buses | 9/17/98 |
| Why conservatives should oppose the drug war | Steve Buckstein | Drug policy | 8/1/98 |
| None of the above | Steve Buckstein | Elections | 5/1/98 |
| Oregon employers' hidden taxes cost jobs | Dean Stansel | Taxation | 4/23/98 |
| Don't subsidize assisted suicide | Ron Adkins | Assisted suicide and taxpayer funding | 4/13/98 |
| Cities can compete | William B. Conerly | Competitive contracting of local services | 3/10/98 |
| Keeping the promise & changing the future | Oregon St. Rep. Patti Milne | Social Security reform | 1/1/98 |
| Let library users pay | Kurt T. Weber | Library user fees | 8/25/97 |
| Charities should give thoughtfully | Kurt T. Weber | Guidelines for effective charities | 8/20/97 |
| Opt out no cop out | Randall J. Pozdena, Ph.D. | Social Security reform | 7/25/97 |
| Get ready for Social Security reform | William B. Conerly, Ph.D. | Social Security reform | 5/26/97 |
| Let's Unleash Growth's Benefits | John A. Charles | Urban Growth Boundaries | 4/12/97 |
| Be thankful the OLCC doesn't regulate and sell milk | Kurt T. Weber | Oregon Liquor Control Commission | 4/1/97 |
| Tobacco taxes: Not what the doctor ordered | Paul E. Smith, MD | Sin taxes | 10/1/96 |
| Why I'm leaving school | Jerome Cole | Student perspective on school system | 8/27/96 |
| There's gotta be a better way | Kurt T. Weber | Criminal justice, prison reform | 1/30/96 |
| Imagine a world… | Steve Buckstein | School choice | 1/1/92 |
