We had some old and very good friends over here yesterday. They brought their own food and we sat on our deck for almost three hours—each couple at a small...

Note: What follows is an extended comment from a regular reader from Belgium. His observations are so interesting, I am using them in full below . . . with many...

When my daughter was a sophomore in college, she had the unique opportunity to spend a semester attending classes in France and living with a French family. There was a...

Next April, I have a meeting of the Rail Passengers Association (formerly NARP) in Washington, DC. It’s a three-day event and, as an elected member of the RPA Board of...

One of the advantages of train travel—and you hear it all the time—is that passengers don’t have to go through all the security hassles that have become part of any...