There have been several news stories in the national media recently about how the Trump budget calls for eliminating the federal subsidy for Amtrak. Specifically, the intent behind those proposed cuts is to eliminate Amtrak’s long-distance network. It really is astonishing to me that so many writers and reporters get it so wrong so…
OK, so tomorrow is the big day. And starting first thing Monday morning, it’ll be a whole new ballgame. The truth is, no one has the foggiest idea what to expect. Passenger rail advocates have been nervously staring into space for weeks with little if any clue what the Trump administration is thinking, let along…
I’ve written about the brown tree snake before. It was accidentally introduced to Guam after World War Two and its population has increased out of control over the years. The snake is mildly poisonous, and its bite is rarely fatal for an adult. But it can be life-threatening when one crawls into a crib and…
Update: This photo was taken on April 1, 1946, when a tsunami generated from an earthquake in the Aleutians struck the town of Hilo on the Island of Hawaii and killed 159 people.———————————————————————————-Apropos of today’s events, and coming from the perspective of someone who has gone through a number of tsunami events over the past…