Fighting for Freedom
Growing up in the United States with a Slavic background has its ups and downs. Since I moved to the United States at age 9, there's not much that I remember about Belarus. I clearly remember the first day in an American school, walking into my third grade class in tears, clueless of what to expect. But, like most children, I quickly adapted.
Unions Collected Millions in Federal COVID Relief They Weren’t Eligible For While Cheerleading Lockdowns
Government programs rarely work as intended. Even if they’re not plagued by waste and bureaucracy, they often produce unintended consequences and tend to get exploited by — or are designed for — special interests.
So when Congress created a massive new stimulus program overnight as part of the CARES Act in March 2020, there were bound to be problems.
Measure 110: Oregon’s New Drug Law is Heading Toward Failure
A few weeks ago, Portland Public School parents received a disturbing email from the district. Over the prior weekend, two PPS students died of an overdose of fentanyl. The teens were found with counterfeit pills that look like common prescription medications, such as Percocet, Oxycontin and Xanax. A few days later, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Oregon announced federal agents had seized approximately 115,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills suspected to contain fentanyl, 41 pounds of methamphetamine, and more than 57 pounds of heroin.
Who Rules Oregon? The Political Education of Nicholas Kristof
Over the past several years, people from around the country – friends, colleagues and even New York Times reporters – have asked a question about Oregon politics that’s very hard to answer: How exactly does Oregon politics work? What's hard to explain, or hard for non-Oregonians to comprehend, is just how dominant the public employee unions are in Oregon politics compared to the other 49 states.
Systemic Dysfunction Stands in the Way of Effective Homelessness Policies
How the heck did we get here? When I moved to Portland in the early 2000s, the city topped the list of most livable cities in the country — and the world. Fast forward 20 years. Almost every neighborhood has one or more homeless camps. Businesses report repeated break-ins or hold-ups. Fires from homeless camps threaten homes and businesses. Much of downtown remains boarded up, while tourists and workers stay away.
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