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.
Monday, July 30, 2007Celebrate Milton Friedman’s Birthday, July 31Filed As: EventsOn Tues., July 31, numerous organizations throughout the U.S. will honor Dr. Milton Friedman’s birth date, celebrating his accomplishments and the legacy of liberty he left for the world. Some 50 events in 46 states are scheduled (a few will take place ... more »»
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007Freakonomics, Recycling and ABC NewsFiled As: Economic principles, EnvironmentPass along this video clip, “Is Recycling Always Good?” It’s more than eco- and econ-educational, it’s entertaining. On July 18, ABC News interviewed more »»
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007FreeMarketCure.com is not sickoWebsite offers short films about health care in Canada and the US Filed As: Health CareLooking for some healthy videos? FreeMarketCure.com offers short counterweights to that guy who cannot be named. (No, not Lord Voldermort.) In its own homepage words, “FreeMarketCure.com is a new film website dedicated to educating the ... more »»
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Monday, July 16, 2007NM's “Roadrunner” Richardson: Not a Fiscal ConservativeFiled As: Budget and Tax, GeneralPaul Gessing, president of New Mexico’s Rio Grand Foundation, asserts Democratic presidential aspirant Bill Richardson hasn’t earned “his stripes as a ‘fiscal conservative’.” Gessing takes the state's governor ... more »»
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Monday, July 16, 2007Dog Exposes Potential Voter Fraud ProblemFiled As: GeneralDuncan the dog has shown how easy voter fraud can be perpetrated in Washington state, and likely elsewhere. In this six-minute video interview with Evergreen Freedom Foundation, Jane Balogh of King ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007Up to $250,000 for “New Media” ProjectsFiled As: Communication technologies, GeneralThe Searle Freedom Trust seeks proposals for using new media tools and techniques to advance individual freedom and economic liberty. If the Trust likes your ideas, the Trust may award your organization up to $250,000 to implement them. Get your more »»
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Tuesday, July 3, 2007Patrick Henry: An American RevolutionaryFiled As: GeneralThis Independence Day, help educate our fellow Americans about the revolutionaries who signed the Declaration of Independence, who against tyranny pledged, “to each other our Lives, out Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” Patrick Henry ... more »»
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Saturday, July 7, 2007Sowing the Whole Foods, Wild Oats MergerThe FTC’s opposition is made of free range garbage Filed As: Economic principles, GeneralConsumers across the country will lose if the Federal Trade Commission successfully blocks the proposed Whole Foods and Wild Oats merger in court. The FTC claims this glutton-free combo would lead to higher prices for natural and organic products in markets where they compete. This argument is built on ... more »»
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Friday, June 29, 2007ND Education Spending: On a (Don’t) Need to Know BasisFiled As: Budget and Tax, Education (k-12), GeneralWhat is there to hide about North Dakota education spending? A North Dakota Policy Council policy paper recently suggested that school budgets be posted online. For this fundamental, progressive idea of transparent government, a North Dakota Democratic Party–NPL more »»
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007Adam Smith: Building a MonumentFiled As: GeneralPolitical satirist PJ O’Rourke’s latest book, On the Wealth of Nations, pays humorous homage to Adam Smith and the ideas Smith spelled out ... more »»
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