Newsflash

Is Randal O’Toole a Hypochondriac?
by Leroy W. Demery, Jr.

My father, the coffin-builder turned physician turned funeral director, had a low threshold of patience with those who voiced “morbid concerns about one’s health, esp. when accompanied by delusions of physical disease” (as my desk dictionary puts it).

Remarkably, the (self-styled) Antiplanner’s ongoing pursuit of “truthiness,” justice and the American way has caused him to sound like a hypochondriac - or, as my father might say, a “blankety-blank” hypochondriac.

For rest of article, see here.
 
“Defining Success” - The Antiplanner’s Das Kapital - Part 1
by Leroy W. Demery, Jr.

Just today, as I checked emails and blogs, I came across the latest opus magnum from the self-styled “Antiplanner” (aka Randal O’Toole): “Defining Success: The Case against Rail Transit.” This post, the first in a series of responses, is essentially an “introduction” to same. For rest of article, click here.
 
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Web Links Some of these folks say they're rail skeptics and opponents and not "anti-transit" per se. The best way to judge is to examine each site and let them speak for themselves.
  Web Link Hits
  Link   The Antiplanner (Randal O'Toole)
My most loyal opponent. Good place for pro-transit people to throw things out and let anti-transit posters try to debunk pro-transit arguments. 		1420
  Link   Cascade Policy Institute
"Because the pursuit of happiness and the enjoyment of life and liberty are matters of individual choice, [we] address[ ] a broad variety of public policy issues from a free-market, pro-freedom perspective..." Major critic of Portland rail transit. 		841
  Link   The American Dream Coalition News Blog
"News about freedom, mobility, and affordable homeownership." 		904
  Link   The CATO Institute
"The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace." Randal O'Toole is a "Senior Fellow." 		634
  Link   Professor Peter Gordon of USC
"A blog exploring the intersection of [academic libertarian] economic thinking and urban planning/real estate development and related big-think themes." Outspokenly anti-rail transit, New Urbanism, etc. 		1393
  Link   The Heartland Institute
"Chicago based think tank promoting public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, and free markets." Wendell Cox is a "Senior Fellow." Major corporate-funded denier of global warming. 		760
  Link   The Heritage Foundation (Ron Utt)
Most of the rail/transit skepticism from the Heritage Foundation can be found on the publications page of Ronald Utt. 		711
  Link   The Independence Institute
"Because the pursuit of happiness and the enjoyment of life and liberty are matters of individual choice, [we] address[ ] a broad variety of public policy issues from a free-market, pro-freedom perspective." Randal O'Toole is an affiliate. 		692
  Link   Jim Karlock's Portland Sites
Major critic of transit, land use planning, redevelopment and other trends in Portland, Oregon. Extremely outspoken; in our view, many of the facts on this site are wrong or out-of-date. 		659
  Link   The Public Purpose (Wendell Cox)
The primary site of Wendell Cox, notorious opponent of Smart Growth, New Urbanism, rail transit, and related measures. 		705
  Link   Demographia (Wendell Cox)
Companion site to www.publicpurpose.com 		703
  Link   The Reason Foundation
"...our... think tank and political/cultural magazine reach a diverse, influential audience, advancing the values of individual freedom and choice, limited government, and market-friendly policies." Major source of analysis favoring toll roads. 		1046
 
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