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Author: Randal O'Toole
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Randal O'Toole

Randal O’Toole is a land-use and transportation policy analyst with the Thoreau Institute and author of American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Homeownership.
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Auto Asphyxiation

Randal O'Toole August 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

George Will recently accused Obama’s token Republican, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, of being the “Secretary of Behavior Modification.” Rather than making our transportation systems …

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Granola Works

Randal O'Toole July 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

My former hometown of Portland, Oregon, is proud of its international reputation for sustain- ability and land-use and transportation planning. But lately the city government …

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The Real Threat to America’s Infrastructure

Randal O'Toole June 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

The 2007 collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis led to a great hue and cry about the need to repair the nation’s infrastructure. Within …

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Medium and Message

Randal O'Toole June 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

The death of the Rocky Mountain News and the print version of the Seattle PostIntelligencer have led to lots of handwringing about the future of …

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Truly Universal

Randal O'Toole April 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

The day before Super Tuesday economist Paul Krugman dropped a bomb on the Obama campaign. Obama’s health care plan, which would cover about half the …

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Opposite of Panacea

Randal O'Toole March 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

In a recent letter to The Wall Street Journal, a planning professor at Ohio State University blamed urban sprawl for the demise of the after- …

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Bring Back the Smoke-Filled Room

Randal O'Toole March 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

I don’t watch reality shows and I haven’t seen any of the presidential debates. But I repeat myself. Listening to inside-the-beltway friends talk about the …

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Planners Beware

Randal O'Toole January 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

Thinktank books tend to rumble through the mind, even when you agree with them. A scholar with verified ideas excavates evidence to support them and …

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Always Gay Terrorists. Always.

Randal O'Toole July 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Lots of people are mad at Wal-Mart. The AFL-CIO charges that Wal-Mart is using its lobbying power to derail security improvements at U.s. ports. “Wal- …

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The TIF That is Eating Portland

Randal O'Toole July 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

In November 1998, Metro – the regional government for my hometown of Portland, Oregon – asked voters to increase their property taxes so Metro could …

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