After returning to my compartment and spending an hour with a good book, I notice that the landscape is more barren now, almost desolate, with fewer trees struggling up out of the rocky ground. We are, in fact, approaching Sudbury, a town of some 160,000 people located in the middle of a large area rich…
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…
Am I the only one puzzled about the way response to the trials and tribulations of Roger Clemens seems to be split along party lines? The issue, of course, is whether or not he used steroids and human growth hormones. He swore under oath that he didn’t and, for the most part, Republican politicians have…
The next morning is a beautiful day – clear blue skies and bright sun – and after checking out of the Royal York Hotel, I cross the street to the massive Union Station, ready to begin the last and longest leg of my trans-continental journey – the three-night trip across two-thirds of the continent to…