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.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007Repeal, Repeal, Repeal the LawsFiled As: GeneralEach legislative session, too much emphasis is placed on enacting new laws. Clearly, we’d already be living in paradise if more laws were the solution. Free market think tanks and their supporters should expend more effort to get laws, ordinances and counterproductive regulations repealed. ... more »»
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Tuesday, February 6, 2007Bring on Tobacco Prohibition, or Stop Taxing ItFiled As: Budget and Tax, General, Health CareSeveral states hope to enhance their budgets with “sin taxes.” Tobacco, of course, remains a favorite whipping boy. Beating it further, efforts abound country-wide to restrict or ban outdoor smoking because it is bad for us all. ... more »»
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Friday, February 2, 2007School Choice Advances in Utah, GeorgiaFiled As: Education (k-12)The Utah House of Representatives passed today (Feb. 2) “groundbreaking legislation that could make equal educational opportunity a reality statewide.” The Institute for Justice media release explains, the “’Parent Choice in Education ... more »»
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Sunday, January 28, 2007“Free” college for high school students saves taxpayers, huh?Filed As: Budget and Tax, Education (higher), Education (k-12)The Yankee Institute in Connecticut just released the study “Free College for High School Students,” which recommends that every high school student who finishes his or her graduation requirements in three ... more »»
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Friday, February 2, 2007Of Living Patterns, Better Travel and Wealthier LivesFiled As: General, Municipal ServicesTed Balaker at the Reason Foundation, co-author of The Road More Traveled, has developed 15 key points about travel and living patterns. In plain English, they are useful for anyone who seeks to save commuters’ time from being wasted, and taxpayers from having their money squandered, on ... more »»
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Friday, February 2, 2007Up from Slavery: Celebrating Booker T. WashingtonFiled As: Education (higher), GeneralBooker T. Washington deserves recognition during February's National Black History Month and beyond. His biography, Up from Slavery, recounts a principled life. Born a slave in 1856, Washington was seven when the Emancipation Proclamation rang in ... more »»
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Sunday, January 28, 2007State of Emergency in the Banana Republic of Oregon!Filed As: GeneralStay away from Oregon, stay far away until after 2008 - there's a declared State of Emergency here! As Paul Harvey would say, now, here's the rest of the story. Since the mid-1800s, the Oregon legislature has met biennially. However, the State Constitution does allow the legislature to call ... more »»
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Saturday, January 27, 2007Death to Cable TV Monopoly!Filed As: Communication technologies, Economic principles, Information TechnologyDr. Adrian Moore at the Reason Foundation regularly sends out policy prescription emails. Not to be confused with anyone on “Scrubs” (though he has a suitable sense of humor), Dr. Moore offered this diagnosis: “Competition in video services is here, if policymakers will embrace ... more »»
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007How do you get a Sam Adams (Alliance) Bobblehead!Observe your state and local public servants and win Filed As: General“Did you hear about the California assemblywoman who wants to put people in jail if they spank their own child?” asks the newly formed Sam Adams Alliance. (By the way, that’s not a joke.) “Mayor Bloomberg doesn't want you to enjoy those delicious Pillsbury Cinnamon ... more »»
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Monday, January 22, 2007Ring Tones & Southwest Airlines: An Economic Lesson for Young PeopleFiled As: Communication technologies, General, TransportationMy daughter’s best friend recently announced she was moving to San Diego this summer. Upset, my eleven-teen year-old cried that visits would be infrequent because plane tickets “cost thousands of dollars.” Once we were over the emotional hump,... more »»
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