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National Passenger Rail

This post is pretty much spot on: Amtrak should build a good train: Amtrak released their new vision for passenger rail expansion in the United States, and I don’t really know what to say except that it sucks. They’re proposing incremental expansion of a national network of slow, infrequent trains that I guess will serve […]

File this under positive uses of Youtube

I’m back coaching skiing again after several years off. I love being out there on the hill and teaching this sport. There aren’t many sports out there that are as dynamic, fast and fun as ski racing. It’s a place where we see real progression with the kids through the year. I last coached in […]

Good on the German team. It wasn’t about making a political statement – human rights are non-negotiable. That should be taken for granted, but it still isn’t the case. That’s why this message is so important to us. Denying us the armband is the same as denying us a voice. We stand by our position. […]

world cup 2022

We’re barely into the World Cup and the soccer has been great already… upsets! Beautiful goals! Angst about the US! You also need to watch this Last Week Tonight from John Oliver about the Qatar 2022 World Cup “FIFA: A cartel-like group of scumbags and assorted criminals who ocassionaly put on soccer matches.” There is […]

Plain Text Emails, Please

This might be the most “get off my lawn” blog post I could possibly write, but here goes. I just wanted to say thank you to all the newsletter operators out there who take the time to format their newsletters for plain text in addition to HTML. I get why everyone is doing newsletters now […]

Snow!

Reporting live… Our household is pretty excited about the first snow of the year – October 14, 2022

Great Article in NYT Opinion – A Lost Manuscript Shows the Fire Barack Obama Couldn’t Reveal on the Campaign Trail

Opinion | A Lost Manuscript Shows the Fire Barack Obama Couldn’t Reveal on the Campaign Trail – The New York Times: That’s a shame, because reading “Transformative Politics” today is a bracing experience. This is a great article – well worth reading.