Since 2000, The Oregonian, with Caldwell as editorial page editor, published at least 16 unsigned editorials on prostitution.

“Some people will tell you that prostitution is a victimless crime,” an Oregonian editorial said in 2001. “They’re wrong…. [W]hen you think about it, you realize prostitution isn’t ‘victimless’ even when prostitutes reach the grand old ages of 15 or 17 or 19.”