Public weighs in on high-speed rail plans

It was President Donald Trump’s day at Davos yesterday. His speech was a long one. He looked tired. His flight had been delayed. The early going was dedicated to a lengthy self-promotion of the United States’ Trumpian economy. Among the self-plaudits was a zinger about how, thanks to his “landslide” election victory and his energy policies, the US had avoided the “Green New Scam,” what he called “perhaps the greatest hoax in history.” Mixed in with stuff about credit card debt and making the US the crypto capital of the world, there was a reminder about how the president had...