Ten years ago, I was on a train traveling overnight from Berlin to Moscow. Part of the paperwork I had to have ready for the trip was a transit visa in order for me to pass through the country of Brelarus. There were several visas required for that trip and I had them all together…
This is the kind of stuff that drives you crazy: Huge private corporations giving a giant middle finger to our government . . . which means to us. It’s a bit complicated, so I’ll give you a very short summary. Until 2005, Amtrak’s train, the Sunset Limited, literally ran across the country, from Los Angeles…
From time to time over the years, I’ve thought about running for Congress. It was always a fantasy because there was no way I could have raised enough money to run a credible campaign. More to the point, I don’t think I could have dealt calmly with the issues that are consuming many members of…
Three days a week, passengers traveling by train between Chicago and Indianapolis can take The Cardinal, an Amtrak long-distance train that runs on a southerly route overnight through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia to Washington, D,.C.; then on up the East Coast to New York City. For as long as I can…