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Friday, June 26, 2009

Obama Defers Transportation Redesign


“After rejecting criticism that it is taking on too much, the Obama administration has identified one area where ambitious reforms will have to wait: overhauling the nation’s aging, congested and carbon-emitting transportation system.” (Washington Post, Friday)

Rome wasn’t built in a day.

FEE Timely Classic
“Should Government Build the Railroads?” by Burton Folsom, Jr.


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.