Watching Amtrak struggle against the odds year after year, it’s been hard not to become pessimistic about the railroad’s long term viability. They’ve managed to stay afloat thanks to a miserly annual subsidy from Congress, despite an alarming number of members being uninformed and hostile. Then there’s Amtrak’s management team, divided into two camps:…
I know there are those who don’t like it when I criticize Donald Trump and his administration. When I have done so in the past, I do believe that my criticisms have been on the merits of whatever issue it was and not because of my loathing for our president. But he’s really gone…
As of this moment, I have not yet seen confirmation in—dare I use the term?—in the mainstream media, but the New York edition of Crain’s, the business publication, has reported that the Trump Administration is withdrawing the federal government’s support of the Gateway Project. It appears to be their position that there never was an…