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Commentary

Trains can be important engine for future

Trains are on the ballot this year. They don’t belong there, but that’s where they are. One candidate supports Amtrak, the other wants to “burn baby burn.” Part of the game plan of Project 2025 is to kill Amtrak. These people are telling us who they are and we need to believe ...

Presidential election is Donald Trump’s to win

Let’s pick up where we left off last week. Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris made a closing argument for the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by answering a single question: Q: “Would you have done something differently than President Biden during ...

Not all of New York roots for the Yankees

The League playoffs are over, and after an amazing and unexpected run from the end of May my New York Mets finally lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers. However, I think that I can say with a bit more confidence this year that with Peter Cohen the wealthiest owner in major league sports and David ...

Rounding third: Big surprises in all those boxes

My mother always had her secrets. I found a few recently as I emptied boxes from her final rented storage space. Yes, as I wrote a few weeks ago, I’m still slogging away. I tackled the biggest job first: digging through photo album after photo album filled with strangers – to me. The ...

Going electric means slowing down

Recently Ford Motor Company announced that it was canceling its plans to build a large, all-electric SUV. It is just one more indication that the push to go all-electric is slowing down. There are, of course, reasons for this—and it has to do primarily with cost and reliability issues. ...

This election may be ‘most crucial’

The upcoming 2024 American Presidential election carries unprecedented significance, potentially shaping the nation’s governance and trajectory for decades to come. Why is it the most important election of our lifetime? Inflation, immigration, crime, and national security are all important ...