transportation

Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for the many blessings we normally overlook in life. Family, friends, faith, time, education, food, housing, transportation, job, nature, and chocolate are a few of the many blessings we receive. We need to recognize their value and strive to remember that importance throughout the year.  Read More »

I don't normally write extremely political blogs; I tend to write more about topics that influence politics, but not about the politics themselves. I do this mostly because I hate politics; I hate the way things are run, but don't have a clue how to change any of it. After all, there's not much use in complaining about something if you don't have a solution to offer.  Read More »

My title is missing trains. So is America. Since moving to Japan a year ago, I’ve really come to realize how handy, safe, and practical trains are. Japan’s Shinkansen (Bullet Train) gets people from A to B in “no time” safely and more efficiently than busses, cars, or planes. Why doesn’t my home country adopt that idea??  Read More »

I'm new here at Progressive U, and I thought, What better way to start my presence here than with a bit of news that got swept under the rug in favor of the apparently more crucial details of the Britney Spears crisis?

That even is an overstatement. This news was not swept under the rug. It never came out from the rug to begin with.  Read More »

what will technology be like in the next 18 years? will we be able to afford laptops, cell phones.what kind of cars would we be driving,? will all cars be hybrids and will we be able to afford them?jobs will we still have them, having to deal with commuting day in and out or will we work from home? at the current foreclosure rate in the country will we still own homes or go back to renting them?  Read More »

With the present war and rapidly fluctuating gas prices, it’s important for the United States Government to assess and recognize the need for alternate energy sources that will not cause any more damage to the environment and will also create independence for the United States from their addiction to oil and therefore unhealthy political relations with oil-supplying countries.  Read More »