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Let’s use Sen. Warren’s three cents of every dollar formula to reduce the waste in the federal government. Biden should charge every department in the government to cut three cents of every dollar out of its expenditures.This can be done by employing...

(Ron Knecht) – As Ben Franklin left the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, he was asked what kind of government we would have.  “A Republic,” he replied, “if you can keep it.” The Founders addressed that and other challenges by establishing checks and balances among three branches of the federal government and between it […]

J.P. Morgan realigned the U.S. railroad industry in the late 19th and early 20th century. Read about the man and his business practices in this FreightWaves Classics article.

Yes, there are a handful of Senators and Representatives who still care about the Republic and didn't just 'join' Congress for the money, power and control. Take for instance [...]

A group of Republican senators have introduced legislation which protects Americans' health records by preventing federal agencies under from using COVID-19 vaccine passports or requiring proof of vaccination.

Regulated, protected marketplaces are ultimately yesterday’s marketplaces given the basic truth that what’s protected from market realities is ultimately blind to them.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Colonial Pipeline shut down 5,500 miles of its East Coast pipeline on May 7, 2021, in an effort to contain a security breach resulting from a ransomware attack. Colonial’s pipeline is one of the nation’s largest and carries refined gasoline and jet fuel from Texas up the East Coast to New York. This represents nearly 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast. Ransomware attacks have increased in recent years, affecting many indus...

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a key Southern railway in the 19th and 20th centuries. Learn more in this FreightWaves Classics profile.

Illinois Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell On April 28, 1941, Illinois Congressman Arthur Mitchell argued to the Supreme Court that African Americans were entitled to railroad accommodations equal to white passengers. Born to former slaves in Alabama in 1883, Mitchell attended the Tuskegee Institute and worked his way through school as a farmer and in the office of Booker T. Washington. He attended law school at Columbia University and Harvard before moving to Chicago, where he worked as a lawyer ...

FreightWaves Classics: Railroads helped the U.S. expand and increased interstate commerce Americas first common carriers are still relevant A Union Pacific train heads to its next destination. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Early beginnings Railroads were first developed in Great Britain. The first railroads were horse-drawn wagons running on wooden and then iron tracks, or rails… Wooden railroads were also built in the American colonies and were built exclusively to transport freigh...