Not a model railroad
The ghost of Amtrak, it seems, can never be fully exorcised. That shadowy remnant of America’s transportation past and the...
Infrastructure Security
America’s commitment to freedom
Prague: Neville Chamberlain once called the nation of which this city was the capital in 1938, "a faraway country" with...
The war with Iran
Last week's Iranian missile tests prompted another round of fevered speculation that war might erupt between Iran and the United...
Concentrating on missile defense
The British wit, Samuel Johnson, once declared that, "The prospect of hanging concentrates the mind wonderfully." The televised images of...
Mortal threat
Suddenly, the Iranian nuclear program is all the buzz. It appears to be nearing the point at which weapons-grade material,...
The terror next time
Statements out of North Korea and Iran last week confront the United States and other freedom-loving nations with a frightening...
The Next Blackout
Despite its inherent illogic, the notion that last week's massive, cascading electrical blackout was a "wake-up" call seems now to...
Post-Mortem on the Summit: The Talbott Communique
Call it the Talbott Communique. To be sure, President Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued what was entitled their...
Skinner Misses Cheap Fix To Air Transport Crisis
Yesterday, President Bush and Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner unveiled with great fanfare a new initiative aimed at resuscitating the Nation's...