Kurt Weber
For more than 24 years Kurt T. Weber has been an activist for liberty. During his undergraduate and graduate school years he organized student groups, ran an active campaign for the Kalamazoo City Council in Michigan, spent a summer petitioning in several states to get a third party on the ballot and was a regular columnist for college newspapers.
Mr. Weber spent a decade of service with Cascade Policy Institute in Portland, Oregon. He joined the Institute in 1993 as its program director and was eventually promoted to vice president. Among his responsibilities as vice president were budget and strategic planning and staff management.
Mr. Weber has worked with a number of state, national and international classical liberal organizations, including the Institute for Humane Studies, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty. In 1992 he traveled throughout Latin America, consulting with think tanks in six countries. Mr. Weber also helped organize an institute in Ecuador and worked with Junior Achievement Argentina in Buenos Aires.
Mr. Weber has over 80 published newspaper commentaries, which have appeared in The Oregonian and numerous other Oregon publications, as well as The Orange County Register (California) and The Houston Post. He also has 150 radio commentaries to his credit.
Mr. Weber was graduated from Western Michigan University with dual degrees and honors in finance and public administration. He holds a masters degree in international relations from the University of Virginia.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007"Sick and Sicker" to Counter Michael MooreCHCC Foundation sponsors, seeks support for new movie Filed As: Health CareHelp stop another Hollywood award from going to a film of falsehoods. Send a contribution to the Consumers for Health Care Choices Foundation in support of the forthcoming movie “Sick and ... more »»
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Thursday, May 3, 2007Better Light Bulbs, Significant Reductions in Energy UseFiled As: GeneralAdvances in light bulb and lighting technology will help significantly reduce energy consumption. Today, some five percent of the energy going into incandescent bulbs is transformed into light; the rest becomes heat. But those numbers are soon to dramatically change. Philadelphia ... more »»
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Thursday, May 3, 2007Washington Legislature Blocks Arena SubsidiesCorporate welfare for basketball team rejected three years running Filed As: GeneralThree cheers for the Separation of Sports and State. For three straight years, the Washington Legislature has rejected corporate welfare for the Seattle SuperSonics. This time-round, disinterested politicians let die a bill proposing $300 million in taxpayer subsidies for a new arena for the ... more »»
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Thursday, May 3, 2007Bureaucrash Wants to Film Bad Government Near You!Pro-liberty and limited government folks just want to have fun Filed As: GeneralBureaucrash would like to send a video crew to your city and state. Why? To film egregious examples of statist policies. Like eminent domain abuse. You get the picture. Imagine YouTube, but with a penchant for liberty. What is ... more »»
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Monday, April 30, 2007Stossel Goes to Nashville, May 8Filed As: EventsShow your support for liberty and the Tennessee Center for Policy Research! Inform your friends there about the May 8 dinner featuring ABC News "20/20" reporter and author more »»
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Monday, April 30, 2007Marketing the Free Society VisionThe foundation of markets: Private voluntary exchange, not profit Filed As: Economic principlesWithout fail, I hear “markets” or “free markets” defined by terms revolving around money, usually profit, property rights and/or buyers and sellers. Such definitions, I argue, leave out a key part of what constitute markets, and thus make it more difficult than it should be to sell ... more »»
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Monday, April 23, 2007Why Earth and All Days Keep Getting BetterApplauding technological advancements in the airline industry Filed As: Economic principles, General, TransportationThis past Saturday I visited an Earth Day celebration. I shall skip commenting on the disposable cups and electrified bands. More importantly, that afternoon I read about Boeing’s new Dreamliner plane, which exemplifies why even better Earth days are to come. A March 24 Oregonian editorial ... more »»
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Thursday, April 19, 2007Das Leben der AnderenPut this 2007 Oscar-winning German film on your must-see list Filed As: GeneralMy friend had tears in her eyes as the film credits rolled for “The Lives of Others.” She had grown up in East Germany, the wall fell when she was 11, and the movie resonated with her memories: the East ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007Canadian Conference for Conservatives, LibertariansFiled As: EventsThe Atlantic Institute for Market Studies hosts the 11th Annual Civitas National Conference May 4–6, 2007 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The gatherings are “a unique opportunity for the most influential conservative and ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007Georgia Think Tank Operates Successful Charter SchoolLow-income, minority students benefit from choice Filed As: Budget and Tax, Education (k-12)For three years, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has operated a charter school in the Atlanta Public Schools system. In March, The Economist noted that GPPF's Tech High "spends ... more »»
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