Anyone who drops in here even occasionally knows that I am an advocate of a national passenger rail system. The timing is certainly right, with gas well over $4.00 a...

Good news: The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 6003, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act which, for the first time ever, will give Amtrak money to improve its...

What if you couldn’t find out until some time in November what your household income would be for next year? It could be the same … it might increase by...