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There are solid ways to move forward with high-speed rail in the United States, but a new line between San Francisco and Los Angeles is not among them.

The idea that it would be great to put high-speed-rail lines all over the country shows an underappreciation of American geography and of some of the nation’s genuine strengths.

High-speed railways are not a financially effective enterprise, and China's plan to lead the way in this form of transportation will end up costing them.

Again an older technology has been improved and adapted to fill a need while government dithers.The old technology in this case is buses.

Joe Biden has always been a buffoon, but the new danger is that people are starting to take him seriously. His antics and uncanny ability to seamlessly switch personalities outdo those of Jon Stewart and Yasser Arafat.

Amtrak was launched on May 1, 1971, with the promise to revive America’s intercity passenger trains. Thirty five years later, many believe that America’s experiment with nationalized rail service has failed. Although it was supposed to become self-sufficient within a few years of its inception, Amtrak has absorbed $30 billion...