Moratorium makes sense
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) made the right decision by imposing a 15-month moratorium on rail mergers. Not that everybody is happy about it. -- Full text.

Column by Charles L. Little
A tough, but right, decision
When you believe you are right, sometimes you have to make tough decisions. Our decision to withdraw from the AFL-CIO was one of those decisions. -- Full text.

Column by James M. Brunkenhoefer
Letter to railroad CEOs
Your biggest competition, the trucking industry, is in a world of hurt. There is a severe driver shortage because the big truck lines pay so little and the small truck lines pay even less. However, that is not their biggest problem. -- Full text.