Audit the Machine — Then Let Oregon Build
Fix the books, clear the land, and put Oregonians back on the path to homeownership. Something is off in Oregon’s...
Opinion
McHaddad: Oh No, Lego Man is in the Epstein Files!
The final tranche of the Epstein Files has been released, and resulting allegations of misconduct against figures ranging from New...
Fear, Federal Law, and the Fight for Our Local Sanity
What a small-town meeting in Albany says about a national problemI spent an hour and forty minutes sitting through the...
Politics Isn’t a Celebrity All-Star Game
Dudley Enters the Game, but Who’s Sponsoring This SeasonBreaking news out of the political sports desk Monday: former NBA center...
Hydropower, Hard Science, and the High Cost of Oregon’s Energy Amnesia
Most Oregonians never knew it, but for decades one of this state’s greatest strategic assets was not timber, not salmon,...
Oregon Republicans Need a Governor, Not a Do-Over
Oregon Can’t Afford Another Almost, Another Influencer, or Another Do-Over Oregon is not a red state waiting to be “activated.”...
When Protest Becomes Insurrection
The Cost of Political Incitement I wanted to take a measured approach before weighing in on the rising tensions in...
RIP, Van Winkle: Thanks for Saving the Gas Tax Referendum
Isaac Homer Van Winkle was Attorney General of the State of Oregon for 23 years, born 5 years after Abraham...
Before Paddle Season Starts, Fix the Paddle Permit
While Oregonians were busy arguing about housing costs, transportation funding, and the latest budget scare tactic, something smaller floated quietly...
McHaddad: Fools Rush in on Greenland
I regularly ask candidates for federal office about their stance on Puerto Rican statehood (which Puerto Ricans have voted YES...
The Great Oregon Snap-Back
Pothole Path to Nowhere, Part IV Oregonians know this scene by heart. The governor sets the football on the tee.She...
The Myth of the “Gun-Free Zone”
Fallacy of the Community Safety Firearms Act (Senate Bill 243) You are flying out for a trip, arrive at the...
McHaddad: New Year’s Resolution For Oregon Leaders
Happy New Year to all of my friends and enemies across the Beaver State! 2026 brings challenges and opportunities for...
Whimsy Is Not a Waiver
How Portland Media Softens Antifa’s Record of Violence The frog costume is memorable. That much is undeniable. In a city...
McHaddad: The Oregon Festivus Airing of Grievances
Happy Festivus, Oregon! The time has come for the annual airing of grievances. New Transportation Taxes To the elites in...
End Vote-by-Mail? Fine.
Now who counts the ballots? Oregon has a voter apathy problem. Not a mystery. Not a conspiracy. A reality. Multnomah...
McHaddad: The Hippies Come for Detroit Lake
As communities downstream of Detroit Lake prepare for horrific dam drawdowns, I want to share some perspective with my old...
Oregon’s Affordable Housing Mirage
Why We Keep Funding Expensive Experiments Instead of What Actually Works Oregon keeps insisting it can innovate its way out...
Tina Doesn’t Need a Roadmap, She Needs Roadside Assistance.
Governor Tina Kotek rolled out Oregon’s Prosperity Roadmap this week with the kind of fanfare you’d expect for a moon...
Roche: EV Mandates, No Power to Charge Them — Oregon Is Betting the Future on a Dead Hand
Oregon’s leadership is promising an electric future so bright we apparently won’t need lights to see it. The roadmap is...
Iverson: Michele Stroh, A Mother’s Resolve to Restore Common Sense in Oregon’s Senate
By Bryan Iverson, Crosstabs Podcast November 24, 2025 – In the shadow of Oregon's towering evergreens and amid the rising...
McHaddad: Can you hear us now, Tina Kotek?
A week of knocking on doors in the rain, making phone calls, and tabling in the cold left me with...
McHaddad: Elgin Voters, Let’s Repeal the Largest Tax Increase in Oregon History!
Friends and neighbors in Elgin, this weekend I'll be collecting signatures for a ballot measure to repeal the Governor's gas...
Roche: Correlation Isn’t Causation, Why Oregon’s GOP Slide Predates Vote-By-Mail
Oregon -- It’s become a familiar claim in conservative circles: “Oregon hasn’t had a Republican governor since we went to...
Roche: A Trump Voter Walks Into an Antifa Concert
Oregon -- Last night, unbeknownst to me, one of the two opening acts for the headliner I’d bought tickets to...