Some of the best writing — and certainly some of the most difficult – can be found in 30-second radio and TV spots, especially those advocating positions on public policy issues. Explaining complicated ideas in a handful of words? Take it from me, it’s hard. And it’s one of the challenges faced by those of…
One of the NARP members who serves on our elected Council of Representatives has a remarkable gift. (NARP, as I hope you will remember, is the National Association of Railroad Passengers.) Anyway, he can look at a bunch of numbers, absorb the intended data, then go an extra step, extracting additional and often significant information….
Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona has offered an amendment to a transportation funding bill now in the Senate that would prohibit any federal funds from being used by Amtrak “to subsidize costs related to food and beverage and first class services.” The National Association of Railroad Passengers was quick to react. In an email…
John Mica, a Republican congressman from Florida, has made a political career out of denigrating Amtrak. And he does it with a sneer. For instance, he always – and I mean always– refers to Amtrak as “America’s soviet-style railroad”. He delivers the line, then pauses … waiting, with a smirk, for his audience to react….