Joe Biden spent most of his senate career commuting to Wilmington, Delaware to Washington D.C. via Amtrak. His new infrastructure plan will give $80 billion to the rail line. Here is Joseph Spector and Joey Garrison at USA Today: How...
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The Gateway Tunnel Project and Donald Trump
Check out Michael Grunwald‘s fascinating article about power politics, partisanship, Donald Trump, and America’s crumbling infrastructure. Trump is in favor infrastructure development, as long as it helps his base, his brand, and his party. This is approach may be putting...
Why the Amtrak Writers’ Residencies Are So Popular and Why a 6’8″ Writer Should be Considered for One
Well, it looks like I am not the only one trying to land a writers’ residency on Amtrak. The recent announcement of this program has been taking the blogosphere by storm. It has caught the attention of Adam Kirsh at...
Writing on Amtrak
Some of you may have seen my post on Saturday night about Amtrak’s residency program for writers. I hope the social media gang at Amtrak is reading this because I am more than ready to become an Amtrak writer in...
Amtrak Offering Free Trips to Writers: Count Me In!
Some of my most productive writing sessions have occurred on Amtrak trains. I occasionally ride the Keystone Line from Harrisburg, PA to New York City. At 6’8″ tall I find the seats to be spacious and comfortable. I can plug...