Many years ago, I ran for the State Legislature here in Hawaii. I ran as a Democrat in what was then a solid Republican district – temporary insanity is my...
The Metropolitan Lounge in Chicago’s Union Station is reserved for Amtrak’s sleeping car passengers and that’s where I’m waiting to board my connecting train to Seattle, the Empire Builder. That’s...
Faced with high gasoline prices, and the very likely prospect that those high prices are here to stay, we’re hearing a lot of talk about more offshore drilling, drilling in...
During the night, the Lake Shore Limited crosses up-state New York, a corner of Pennsylvania and heads into Ohio. I raise my window shade to the soft light of dawn....