To re-cap: back a year ago, the Obama Administration announced that $8 billion under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would be given to a select number of states to get them started on plans for high-speed rail corridors within their borders. A very large chunk of that money – almost $1.2 billion – was…
One of Minnesota’s elected members of Congress, Republican Michelle Bachmann, is an idiot. I am perfectly willing to treat with consideration and respect thoughtful politicians with whom I have an honest difference of opinion. But not Michelle Bachmann. Because she is an idiot. The litany of irrational and just-plain-crazy statements this woman has made is…
PORTLAND, OR — The NARP* board meetings concluded today with three fascinating luncheon speakers representing All Aboard Washington, the rail advocacy organization for that state. They told us about their year-long battle to prevent the local government from tearing up 42 miles of railroad track running through several Seattle suburbs and turning the right-of-way into…
NEWS ITEM: (AP) A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down a [New York] state law requiring airlines to give food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers stuck in delayed planes, saying the measure was well-intentioned but stepped on federal authority. A couple of years ago, my wife was traveling back here to Maui…