by Ty Davison | Feb 18, 2025 | News & Commentary
I take it as foundational the belief that people behave in their own perceived self-interest, and that, with limited exceptions, they are best able to determine what that self-interest is. That a person is able to act on that self-interest, again with exceptions, is...
by Ty Davison | Feb 10, 2025 | News & Commentary
Oregon ‘most frightening place to die,’ with nation’s most expansive estate tax, Republicans say. They hope to change that. – oregonlive.com: As far as dying goes, Oregon is a terrible place to do it for those who want to pass down a home, business or life’s...
by Ty Davison | Feb 4, 2025 | News & Commentary
The Democrats Show Why They Lost – The Atlantic: The Democratic Party, at least in theory, is an organization dedicated to winning political power through elected office, though this might seem hard to believe on the evidence provided by its official...
by Ty Davison | Nov 10, 2024 | News & Commentary
I’m going to quote heavily from Ruy Teixeira’s article from the Liberal Patriot (also republished in The Free Press): The Democrats really are no longer the party of the common man and woman. The priorities and values that dominate the party today are those of...
by Ty Davison | Oct 8, 2024 | News & Commentary
Measure 118 overreaches, but does contain some ‘concepts of a plan’ for improving our tax system • Oregon Capital Chronicle: It also bolsters the argument that this is a step toward establishing a “universal basic income” or UBI, by which...