“The Northeast Corridor makes a profit, but the long-distance trains are big money losers.” Do you buy that? The media does. Congress does. But you shouldn’t … because it’s...
How I hate writing about Congressman John Mica! But the Republican from Winter Park, Florida, just won’t go away. In fact—God help us!—he’s become the “go-to-guy” for every lazy or...
A pillar of our democracy is the free press, but the quality of journalism in general has declined over the last decade or so. People now get much of their...
To its great credit, Amtrak is still managing to provide an essential transportation alternative to some 30 million passengers a year. And that’s in spite of having to cope with...