The newest edition of my book is out. Well, not really OUT, meaning in bookstores — that should happen in a couple of weeks — but it has been printed...

I’m finally going to get a treadmill. I need the exercise, but I hate the gearing up and the 15-minute drive to the gym. So the other day, I spent...

Don’t look now, but it sure seems as though a lot of attention is starting to focus on Amtrak’s on-time performance. And it’s not just coming from the usual sources:...

Most Americans focus on time when they travel … how long it takes to reach their destination. Here’s a conversation I’ve probably had a hundred times over the years when...

The news is coming in bits and pieces, and it’s too early to know for sure how significant it is, but [breaking into song] “It’s beginning to look a lot...

I just received an email from an old prep school classmate with a couple of interesting observations about an extended trip he and his wife recently took on Amtrak. They...

I’ve been spending the last several days going over page proofs of the fourth edition of my book*. It’s tedious work, especially because there are a lot of distractions: beautiful...

It slipped by me, but the other day was my 1100th post on this blog. And in the 6-plus years since I started, according to Google, readership has grown modestly,...

My thanks to the 24 of you who took the time and went to the trouble of emailing me with your views on the proposed cover shot for the 4thedition...

There will be a new edition of my book, ALL ABOARD-The Complete North American Train Travel Guide, coming out around the middle of December. This will be the 4th edition...