03 March 2008
Over a year ago the Big Dig (I-93) opened and I thought the project was FINALLY over, years over due and well over budget. Apparently, I was wrong. Today the Boston Globe announced that there is a to-do list of over 2,000 items left to finish and no completion date set.
20 February 2008
Amtrak is a high speed train with service across the country. After September 11th, many people started traveling on the train more because there were fewer time consuming security checks. This is partly due to a lack of security increase on trains after 9-11. To make up for that, they are now planning to up security on Amtrak trains.
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill, Jr. (1912-94), Congressman; Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives (1977-86)
By Franklin and Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net
Tip O'Neill grew up in a politically active Irish working family in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, physically near but culturally far from elite Yankee-oriented Harvard College.
