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Cascade CounterPoint — 315 episodes
QP We Can't Afford Metro's Affordable Housing
QP IP28’s Radical Attempt to Kill Oregon’s Way of Life
QP PPS’ Failed Equity Policy: No Evidence, No Results
QP The False Promise of Portland's "All Electric" High Schools
QP New York Says Yes to Scholarships--Oregon Should Too
QP Defeating M120 is a Win for the Oregon System
QP Oregon Metro's War on Cars
QP The $60 Million Question: Where Did the CBSE Go?
QP 42k Texas Parents Apply for School Choice
QP Portland Ends School Choice for Jefferson High
QP "Oregon System" Sends Governor Back to Square One
QP Shrinking 82nd Avenue for People in Cars
QP A Better Direction for Oregon's "Prosperity Roadmap"
QP "Fully Funded" Schools are a Moving Goalpost
QP Portland Public Schools Risky Real Estate Gamble
QP Oregon's 19th Century Energy Strategy
QP "Inspire Oregon" Tackles Rural Housing Crisis
QP TriMet Should Focus on Crisis, Not Expansion
QP $2 Trillion for Transit and No One Aboard
QP: Dear PPS Bond Committee: Please Tell the Taxpayers
QP: Decision Time for TriMet’s 82nd Ave. Road Diet
QP: Over-sized and Over-priced Schools
QP: Center for Black Student Excellence Should Be a Private Venture
QP: Why Affordable Housing is Unaffordable
QP: Improve Education Outcomes by Removing Barriers
QP: Oregon’s Electric Vehicle Policy Fail
QP: Student Excellence for Every Portland Public School
QP: Separate But Equitable at Portland Public Schools
QP: Spending Solutions for ODOT's Spending Problems
QP: The Tapeworm Eating ODOT's Record Gas Tax Revenue
QP: Special Session Should Use Emergency Funds
QP: Tina Kotek’s Energy Policy: Whichever Way the Wind Blows
QP: Metro’s Ballooning Bond for Road Diets
QP: Metro Should Reject the Burnside Bridge "Road Diet"
QP: TriMet’s Plan for 82nd Avenue “Road Diet”
QP: HB 2089 Brings Oregon into Compliance with the Supreme Court’s Tyler Ruling
QP: Voters Aren't Interested in New Transportation Taxes
QP: New Hampshire Is First in New England to Enact Universal School Choice
QP: Jefferson High School's Dual Enrollment Dilemma
QP: Educational Choice for Children Act Would Expand Private Scholarship Options
QP: SB 1182 - The New Racism
QP: Metro Should Scrap Visioning and Long-Range Planning
QP: House Bills on Oregon Water Resources to Double Dip Taxpayers
QP: Oregon Department of Forestry’s Bad Habit: Over Promise, Under Deliver
QP: School Choice is Bigger in Texas
QP: Tri-Met's Death Spiral
QP: North Dakota Legislature Passes ESA and Charter School Bills
QP: Race Based School Funding
QP: School Choice Options Now Reach More Than 40% of American Children
QP: Amending the Constitution Is Not a Children’s Game
QP: New Law Expands School Choice to All Wyoming Children
QP: Education Funding Should “Follow the Child” When Parents Choose Oregon Charter Schools
QP: WES Commuter Rail Should be Shut Down, Not Expanded
QP: A Failure to Launch at PPS
QP: Oregon’s Neighbor Idaho Passes a School Choice Tax Credit
QP: Restructuring Oregon's Death Tax Would Benefit the State
QP: In 2025, School Choice Comes First to Tennessee
QP: More School Choices Mean Better Opportunities for Oregon Students
QP: The Government Should Try to Do a Few Things Well In 2025
QP: Annual Celebration Highlights Importance of Effective Educational Opportunities for All
QP: Trust is Earned, Not Given
QP: School Choice – A Gift That Fits Every Family
QP: Extending the Yellow MAX Line to Vancouver Is TriMet’s Worst Idea Yet
QP: Why are Portland School Construction Projects So Expensive?
QP: Limits on School-Day Phone Use Will Free Students to Learn
QP: Portland to Expand Streetcar, Riders Not Included
QP: Three Ways Oregon Can Help Students Get Back on Track in 2025
QP: DEQ’s plan to raise the cost of driving should be cancelled
QP: Oregon Ranks 35th Nationally in Return on Investment for Education Spending
QP: The Siren Song of Free School Meals
QP: The Nuclear Comeback Skips Oregon
QP: Oregon: Improvement Needed on “Education Freedom Report Card”
QP: DEQ's Plan to Suffocate Oregon's Economy
QP: More Humility Needed
Metro, Please Learn from Past Mistakes
QP: Rising Costs and Diminishing Returns
QP: With Declining Enrollments, Why Is Portland Building Bigger High Schools?
QP: Why the American Dream Is Just a Dream for Many in Portland
QP: Is Affordable, Reliable Electricity a Service of the Past?
QP: Liability, Not Reliability: Solar Panels in Oregon Schools
QP: Zero-emissions? Not Really
QP: There is no Field of Dreams at the Expo Center
QP: What If Every Child Could Find the Path to Academic Success?
QP: Portland Public Schools’ Building Costs Are Shaking Up Budgets
QP: Universal School Choice Comes to Louisiana
QP: Is a New, Earthquake-Ready Burnside Bridge Necessary?
QP: EVs = Bad Business
QP: School Choice Expansion Continues with Missouri Education Package
QP: More Money Needs to Mean More Roads
QP: PPS Climate Policy Is All Cost, No Benefit
QP: Will School Choice Be on Oregon Ballots Soon?
Do People Have a Right to Camp on Sidewalks?
Providing Homes Oregon Families Can Afford Should Not Be a Problem
QP: The prudent person principle should be applied to all publicly funded projects
QP: By 2027, All Alabama Students Will Have Educational Choice
QP - More Money is Not the Solution
Legislative committee wants to extend commuter rail to Salem at a cost of $118 per ride.
QP: Oregon Needs More Than Tiny Homes
QP: Oregon’s highway freeze is not about the weather
QP: Survey: 72% of Parents Said They Considered a New School Last Year
QP: Local Celebrations Highlight All the Ways Oregon Students Learn
QP: Three Ways Oregon Can Help Kids Get the Education They Deserve
QP: Oregon’s Reliance on Fossil Fuels Is Growing, Not Shrinking
QP: Pennsylvania’s Christmas Gift to K-12 Students
QP: Why 2023 Is the “Year of Universal School Choice”
Student-Focused Solutions Can Address Pandemic Learning Losses
QP: Why More Money Won’t Solve the Problems in Portland Public Schools
QP: TriMet’s Existential Crisis
QP: Oklahoma’s Education Tax Credit Puts Families First
QP: What The New Homeschool Demographic Means For School Choice
QP: We don’t need a Ministry of Truth
QP: It’s Time to End Home Equity Theft in Oregon
QP: School Choice Programs Don’t Cause Tuition Inflation
QP: North Carolina Becomes the 9th State to Offer Students Universal School Choice
QP: Offshore Wind Takes a Blow
QP: It’s Time to Bring Transit into the Twenty-First Century
QP: Portland Students Could Strike Out Because of Teachers’ Union
QP: Westside MAX, Still a Dream at 25
QP: Parents Say They Want More School Options for Their Children
QP: 2023 – An Outstanding Year for School Choice
QP: RealClear Opinion Poll Shows 71% of Registered Voters Support School Choice
QP: Let Oregon Voters Reconsider Nuclear Power
QP: Making Driving More Expensive Won’t Fix Oregon’s Congested Roads
QP: Cascade Policy Institute’s Bill Expanding Access to the GED Exam Is Signed into Law
QP: The Ghost Train
QP: The Memory Problem of Portland Public Schools
QP: Oregon's 2040 Electric Utility Mandates Rely on Future Technology--or Buying Electricity from Other States
QP: Metro Nature Parks are Hidden by Design
QP: Portland Needs More Than a Small Tax Break
QP: School Choice States Open Doors of Opportunity for Generations of Children
QP: A Nightmare Waiting to Happen: Parking at 3000 SE Powell
QP: The Oregon Senate has been shut down for a month. Does anyone care?
QP: More Money, Same Result
QP: A Failure of Political Leadership
QP: Money for Nothing
QP: With New Laws in Florida and Indiana, 7 States Have Universal School Choice
QP: Homeowners, Business Owners, and Retirees: Multnomah County is Coming for Your Life Savings
QP: Oregon’s Last Mask Mandate Has Been Lifted, But State Policy Guarantees More Lockdowns in the Next Pandemic
QP: Oregon Legislature Lines Up a Spending Blow-Out
QP: Portlanders Are Voting with Their Feet
QP: Educational Freedom: A Tale of Two Governors
QP: HB 3068 Allows Students to Take the GED for a High School Diploma
QP: Snowstorm Shows Taxpayers the City of Portland’s Dystopian Side
QP: ODOT Says Households Will Pay $575 a Year in Its First Round of Tolls
QP: When the State Stays Silent, It’s Easy to Assume the Worst
QP: Oregon Must Stop Outsourcing Policymaking to California’s Unelected Bureaucrats
QP: Report shows ESA programs can give students the options they need, while increasing per-student funding for those remaining in district schools
QP: Education Savings Accounts Would Make Oregon Students Better Off
QP: 3 Ways Oregon Legislators Can Expand Options for K-12 Students Today
QP: Small Steps Toward the Stone Age: Biden’s Gas Stove Ban
QP: ODOT Is Gassed Up and Ready to Go on Tolling: But They Don’t Know Where They’re Going
QP: A Holiday Wishlist for Oregon
QP: Tolling’s Political Pile-Up
QP: Multnomah County Is Going “Ban”-anas
Education Freedom in New Hampshire: How Education Savings Accounts Are Expanding Opportunities for K-12 Children
QP: Education Group Works to Put School Choice on the Ballot in Oregon
QP: Private Property Saved the Plymouth Pilgrims
QP: For Oregon’s New Governor, Great Power Comes with Great Responsibility
QP: Oregon Needs a Free-Market Makeover
QP: Portland’s “Moon Shot” to Solve Homelessness: Lessons from Apollo 13
QP: Yearning and Burning on the November Ballot
QP: Walk Away from Measure 113
QP: Kate Brown's Parting Gift
QP: Oregon Ranks 40th on Heritage Foundation’s “Education Freedom Report Card”
QP: Arizona Offers All Children School Choice; Oregon Should, Too
QP: PCC Wants More of Your Tax Dollars to Spend Its Way out of a Slump
QP: 3 Ways New Oregon Leadership Can Improve K-12 Education Fast
QP: Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Brings Chaos to College Students
QP: Oregon’s Budget: Out-of-Control Spending and Misplaced Priorities
QP: Biden May Control School Suspensions
QP: Gotta Get Rid of the GET Green Energy Boondoggle
QP: TriMet's Electric Bus Plans Could Burst into Flames
QP: Local Governments Must Change Course to Fix Their Policy Crises
QP: This Green Fund Doesn't Deserve a Green Light
QP: Welcome to Portland, Where Getting a Job Is Easy but Staying Safe Is Hard
QP: Portland’s all-or-nothing city charter ballot measure may add up to no reforms at all
QP: Lights Out - A Lesson in Local Government
QP: Portland’s “EV Ready Code” Isn’t That Electric
QP: Portland Needs More Than Zoning Changes to Increase Housing Supply
QP: A Boring Budget Item Highlights Public Safety Dysfunction
QP: Portland Public Schools Needs a Plan for Declining Enrollment
QP: The MAX Yellow Line Doesn’t Deserve a Green Light
QP: It’s Election Night—Do You Know Where Your Ballot Is?
QP: Portland’s Self-Inflicted Rental Housing Shortage
QP: Lift the Cap on Oregon Charter Schools
QP: Nostalgia and NIMBYism Stand in the Way of Sheltering the Homeless
QP: 72% Believe Parents Should Have School Choice
QP: Better Late Than Never at the Expo Center
QP: Roads Are Infrastructure Worthy of Investment
QP: Are Taxes Driving People Out of Portland?
QP: Oregon Secretary of State Says No “Clear Purpose” for Mortgage Tax Deduction
QP: Oregonians Want More Hospital Beds. The Oregon Health Authority Is Standing in the Way.
Part 2 - Portland's Homelessness Crisis: Straightforward Solutions to a Complex Problem
Part 1 - Portland's Homelessness Crisis: The History of Homelessness in Portland
QP: Portland’s Parking Price Hike Proves City Council Hates You
QP: Legislators Can Work Less Instead of Asking for More Pay
QP: Metro’s Playing Farmville With Taxpayer Money
The Elliott State Research Forest: Big Win or Breach of Trust?
QP: Why is Oregon One of the Last States with a Mask Mandate?
QP: Oregon’s Land is Overregulated
QP: Portlanders are fed up with homelessness, crime, and their elected officials
QP: National School Choice Week Celebrates Options and Opportunities in K-12 Education
QP: Oregon’s Century-Old Lesson in Public Education
QP: Don't own an EV? Too bad. Oregon says you'll pay for the infrastructure anyway.
QP: Portland's YOYO Approach to Solving Crime
QP: Let's Hope for Something New This New Year
QP: Oregon’s Measure 110 Needs More Accountability for Drug Users
QP: Oregonians Tell Politicians: If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem
QP: Fudged Numbers and a Failed Response
QP: Public School Closures Are Hurting Oregon Students
QP: The Story Behind Thanksgiving That Every Elected Official Should Know
QP: Everyone Is Greedy, No One's an Angel, and That's OK: Remembering Milton Friedman
QP: Lincoln County's Harmful Blame Game
How COVID-19 Turned 2021 into "The Year of School Choice"
QP: Innovation, Not Regulation, Is the Most Effective Way to Control GHG Emissions
QP: Washington County Tells Small Business Owners They Just Don’t Care
QP: Oregon Needs More Hospital Beds and Less Regulation
QP: Portland Officials Need an Attitude Adjustment When It Comes to Violent Crimes
QP: ODOT's Use of Inaccurate Data Will Yield Incorrect Results
Oregon's "Excess Revenue": Refund or Reinvest?
QP: Save Your Money, Save the State: Keep the Kicker
QP: A Developer's Departure Gives Portland a Chance to Reconsider Its Priorities
Special Event: A Conversation with WSJ Columnist Jason Riley
QP: Poll Shows a Growing Majority of Registered Voters Support School Choice
QP: Portland Politicians Talk Tough to Texas, and No One Cares
QP: Oregon's 2021 Energy Regulations Are Already Hurting Consumers
QP: Dropping High School Graduation Standards Hurts Students’ Future Prospects
QP: Big Questions for Harriet Tubman Middle School Property
Interviewing Cascade's 2021 summer interns
QP: Portland Parks are Wrecked
Policy Picnic: Fighting Government Theft of Home Equity in the U.S.
QP: Portland needs a trusted police force
What do voters think of school choice?
QP: Portland’s Housing Affordability Debacle
QP: When the Police Go Away, the Criminals Will Play
Interviewing Micah Perry, Cascade's newest staff member
QP: Roads, Not Light Rail, Get Us Through Extreme Weather
QP: Portland Cannot Ignore “Low-Impact” Homeless Camps
QP: Travelers, Come to Portland... After We Clean Up the Place
Interviewing Vlad Yurlov on homelessness in PDX
QP: The Deadly Consequences of Catch-and-Release
QP: Homeless programs are promising excuses
QP: Oregon Senate Passes Largest School Budget in State History
QP: The race is on for a reliable power grid
QP: The Reason a Non-Police Response Program for Portland Homeless is Struggling
$40 million dollars for a hotel room?
QP: The Era of DIY Government Won't End Well
QP: Four things you should know about learning pods in Oregon
Anti-Freeway Group Clogs the Courts to Keep Congestion
QP: Oregon currently restricts students' education options - SB240 would change this
Dams and Fish Can Live Together, Thanks to Whooshh
Are Oregon students looking at distance learning in the fall?
These bills would constantly increase infrastructure spending - why does this matter?
Beware the Four Day School Week
Every Oregon student deserves a quality education
Oregon Transportation Policy Needs to Learn From Its Mistakes
Green Shoots of Business Need Room to Blossom
Should Oregon Punish Hotels for Price Gouging?
Policy Picnic: Oregon's War on Driving Failed. Now What?
Hydroelectric power is renewable, it's time legislators recognize that
Why is "Affordable" Housing So Expensive?
Oregon legislators should vote yes on nuclear power
Legislators want to ban bacon...
Make Oregon the Opportunity State
"Pay for Delay: Compensating Parents for Prolonged School Closures" - February 4th Policy Picnic
Take stock, then take action on Portland's Homelessness Crisis
Portland is Ill, but Not Dying
This is National School Choice Week!
Reduce Homelessness by Reusing the Expo Center
Metro needs to break down its barriers to nature
Would you picnic near a garbage dump?
Oregon's new cigarette tax will hurt residents
Employers are paying the bill for the pandemic
Where can the homeless go? Portland still doesn't know
Pay an expensive electricity bill in Oregon? Here's one way legislators could provide relief.
TriMet's zombie light rail project
Shopping in a shutdown
Government should pay the price for the lockdowns
Oregon is suppressing hospital capacity
The first Thanksgiving's free market lesson
Renewable Energy Source or Bird Chopper?
Should restaurants and bars be forced to lockdown?
What is going on? School restrictions relax as cases go up
Prevailing wages have a dark history and poor results
It's Creepy Season: Metro's Haunted Lands
Measure 26-218's Ridiculous Flaws
Oregon's Boardman Coal Plant closed. Now what?
Parents support school choice. Here is why.
Governments can't solve homelessness alone
I was homeschooled. Here is why I support school choice.
Your local government: Deep in debt and getting deeper
Education reform that gives parents responsibility
Oregon has a chance to adopt the newest in clean, renewable energy
Here's an idea: why not a money-back guarantee for Oregon public schools?
Adversity introduces us to ourselves - honoring 9/11
Metro’s transportation measure will cripple Portland's COVID-19 recovery
Pinocchio Politics on the November Ballot
California's blackouts could come to Oregon
Special Edition: Metro predicts the future?
Oregon students deserve stability
Texas is stealing Oregon jobs and for good reason
Oregon is pushing itself into a deeper housing crisis
School Choice means equitable funding
TriMet needs to look at the numbers
Cascade testimony on Metro's Get Moving 2020 Measure
Charter schools could save the fall semester
Friedrich Hayek and Oregon's COVID-19 response
Metro's $700,000 Sentiment
Northwest grid reliability spells trouble for Oregon citizens
Minimum wage increase hurts Oregonians
Espinoza case is a win for School Choice
Alcohol-Lovers may have reason to toast!
School Choice is Social Justice
K-12 Students Could Get a "Money-Back Guarantee"
The real COVID-19 transportation hero