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The time is right to consider seeking private capital to help shoulder the substantial investment needed to achieve true high-speed rail along the Northeast corridor.

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.

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.

High-speed rail systems are not as efficient as everyone thinks, and when looking for spending cuts, it should be one of the first projects to go.

Immigration has become political poison for both parties, leaving the issue unresolved as both parties struggle to find a way to move forward.

Believers in central planning should take a look at Washington's Metro rail transit system. While they will find many things to like, they will also see examples of how central planners -- and especially rail transit planners -- can get things disastrously and expensively wrong.

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.