Arguing for the Amtrak long-distance network is a frustrating experience. The typical outraged and misinformed author of a letter-to-the editor or an op-ed column asks why the taxpayers should subsidize...

A wonderful incident occurred during a recent Vancouver-Toronto run by VIA Rail’s train #2, The Canadian. A group of railroaders were on board as passengers and a good thing they...

Everyone in Boston, from the mayor on down to the shop owners on trendy Newberry Street, is agog over the news that General Electric will be moving its corporate headquarters...

Hartford, Connecticut, has been known as the “Insurance Capital of the World” and with reason. The home offices of some of the biggest, most venerable insurance companies are in Hartford...