One of the giants in retailing—it may have been F. W. Woolworth himself—once said, “I know I’m wasting half of my advertising dollars. The trouble is, I don’t know which half.” A couple of days ago, I mentioned Amtrak’s decision to stop staffing the railway station in Hastings, Nebraska, all part of the big-picture…
One of the ongoing concerns I have with this blog is my assumption that what interests me will also be of some interest you. The trouble is, I find it almost impossible to write about something that doesn’t really interest me. I also bounce around with a variety of topics which, despite the title…
Ten days ago, at just after 5:00 in the morning, the California Zephyr was stopped at Omaha, Nebraska, on its daily run from the Bay Area to Chicago. Businessman Greg Travis, sound asleep in his roomette, was suddenly awakened by a knock on his compartment door. Groggy and still half asleep, Travis opened the door…