Category Archives: Political Commentary

Boutique Bolshevism

On the lunacy of the DSA and the loons who support it, including apparently the “big tent” Democrats.

[Afternoon update]

Yes, McCarthy was right:

Not clear how to post it in English, but there will probably be an option to translate from the French at the link.

The British Caliphate

Brightline

The slow-motion trainwreck that anyone paying attention saw coming.

We rode it last year from Miami to Orlando. It was fine, but hardly high speed. Driving through Vegas yesterday on our way back home from Park City, we saw no signs of construction of the planned HSR from there to Victorville, let alone Rancho Cucamunga. They clearly don’t have the money.

And yes, this:

High-speed rail is catnip to politicians. Except it doesn’t work in America. Not only do we drive, but we take airplanes. As I said in March, much better to build more lanes on an expressway.

I’ve been saying for years that widening I-5 between the Grapevine and i-680 (as Pat Brown always intended) would be a vastly better investment for ground transportation between LA and SF than rail. The two new lanes could be charging lanes for fast electric FSD cars.

[Update a few minutes later]

California’s HSR boondoggle meets another justifiable roadblock.