Despite receiving nearly a billion dollars in federal funding, the high-speed rail from Sacramento to L.A. never even got started.
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Democratic Primaries Will Set the Tone for 2020
The Democratic primaries will produce a true moderate or radical progressive candidate. There cannot be a middle way.
Walmart Gives Amazon a Run for Its Money
Could the online retail king be dethroned by the brick-and-mortar juggernaut?
State vs the Market: Who Actually Empowers Blacks?
For decades, free-market capitalism provided a path to overcoming the black-white divide in the US.
Ginsburg Leads SCOTUS in Unanimous Incorporation of the Eighth Amendment
Thanks to a unanimous SCOTUS decision, Americans may now claim protection against excessive fines and seizures against the states.
Political Whack-a-Mole and National Security
What’s with those 16 states suing Trump over wall funding?
Trump’s Pick for World Bank Signals Major Shift
World Bank is designed to help the world’s poor. So why is China still a beneficiary?
Panera Bread: Freebies and Free Lunches Fail
Panera’s pay-what-you-want scheme is today’s Tragedy of the Commons.
Sultry Seattle and the 51st State
Far-left gun restrictions and microaggressive sidewalk power-washing roil Washington State.