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Despite $27 billion in federal subsidies, Amtrak is still one more government bailout away from bankruptcy. In End of the Line: The Failure of Amtrak Reform and the Future of America’s Passenger Trains (AEI Press, December 2004), Amtrak advocate-turned-critic Joseph Vranich argues that reform efforts have failed and...

The transition to market-states has repercussions for global terrorism.

In End of the Line, a new book from the AEI Press, Vranich provides a clear explanation of why Amtrak must be replaced by imaginative public-private partnerships.

Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry's is bedeviled by accusations from franchisees that they were misled on their likely earnings.

In an era of partisan nastiness and gridlock, the California legislature did something on Aug. 31 that was shockingly harmonious, reasonable and beneficial to consumers.

Amtrak advocate-turned-critic Joseph Vranich demonstrates that reform efforts have failed and argues that Amtrak must be replaced--or it will continue to waste billions of taxpayers’ dollars.

To get into a deal as superb as the District Cablevision scam, you had to know someone.