So Portland has a problem with affordable housing.  Rents are high and increasing, which sucks for all those looking for rental housing (and...

This graph from The New York Times shows the daily high and low temperatures for Portland, Oregon and compares the yearly average tempe...

The nomination by Donald Trump of Betsy DeVos for Education secretary has put school choice and vouchers back in the forefront of the nation...

Fred Thompson  checks in with a New Years post With the start of another legislative session, calls for wholesale tax reform are a...

Fred Thompson checks in with another well researched post (unlike mine) Portland’s so-called Business License Fee (BLF) levies a ...

Despite the hype, I have never been convinced by Uber, there is a reason taxi companies formed and is wasn't just radio dispatch.  Other...

By many metrics Oregon has one of the worst public education systems in the Untied States.  Oregon's per-pupil funding is 15% below the...

It has been a very long hiatus - I have had a series of things that have demanded my time and taken me away from blogging.  But through indu...

Fred Thompson checks in with another post on M-97 I dislike M-97. Sufficiency aside, it violates all of the criteria that for 40 years I...