Cause and Effect
Federal agencies fail their own report cards.
If our national passenger rail line can't turn a buck running trains, maybe it can by enlisting in the drug war.
In which our man in Washington hears retirement talk, takes in an intentional congressional comedy show, and enjoys a Texas breakfast.
In which our man in Washington listens to the drug czar babble and learns why we can't afford tax cuts.
The Creative Destruction of Manhattan, 1900-1940, by Max Page, The Future Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A., and the Fate of America's Big Cities, by Fred Siegel
The scandal of U.S. Rep. James Moran is a civics lesson in abuse of power.