The best thing about being a columnist is that there’s never a shortage of material—especially the kind that leaves you shaking your head. The bad […]
There are more than 5,600 bills winding their way through the legislative maze that is the 112th U.S. Congress. And in between the latest efforts to […]
The Pennsylvania turnpike has been awarded $1 million to install electric car-charging stations at 17 service stations along the interstate. Car Charging Group L.L.C. got […]
Thanksgiving, I flew to London for five days to see my older son, Sam, 22, studying there this fall. I found his tube stop—Farringdon—easily enough, […]
Planners predict that a high-speed rail in the Northeast Corridor would make Philly the center of the region’s economy by 2050. The city would be […]
America’s third largest airline has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. American Airlines—and its parent company AMR Eagle Holding Corp.—cited high fuel costs and labor issues […]
The New York Times reports that first class is only going to get classier: Airlines, “engaged in a global battle for top executives and the […]
A couple from Pennsylvania—along with two other passengers and a pilot—died when a tourist helicopter crashed on Molokai island. The couple from Pennsylvania were newlyweds […]
Last weekend I went to visit my kids at their college in D.C. If you haven’t visited lately, the city is quite the vision to […]
Yesterday, we had Part 1 of Trey Popp’s adventures in Sulawesi–a continuation of the story he began in this month’s Revisit column about the idiosyncratic […]
It’s not often that a news story moves me to stand up at my desk and applaud, but the tale of Lakeysha Beard inspired a […]
I really want to travel by private jet, but not for the reasons you’d think. I’m not after the champagne and shrimp cocktails, no lineups […]
I have a daughter who attends college in Boston. Two years ago, when we started the college search process, we scheduled a flight to Boston […]
As blizzards were shutting down Philadelphia a little more than a week ago, I was sitting in a bar in Mexico, wearing flip-flops and shorts […]
Lots of people are upset about airport security measures these days. And for good reason, I suppose. Seems to me that the arguments are threefold: […]
