I have long been a supporter of transit investment. I have lived in London, a wonderful city with a great transit system, and I understand how wonderful it can be to meet all my needs without a car. I also find it appalling that my Minnesota has been so loathe to build a bigger and better transit system. Transit investment is also good for the environment. Transit is one of the reasons New York City has the lowest per capita energy usage of any U.S. city. I’m living proof. In the month after purchasing a house near the only light…

I don’t recommend spending any more time at Chicago’s O’Hare airport than humanly possible. As much as I love the urbanity of Chicago, their main airport is lacking. I prefer to fly in to Midway, which is just the right size to rub elbows with fellow travelers and exciting takeoffs and landings, and has a lovely, quaint Irish pub, Reilly’s Daughter, which makes flight delays worthwhile. So you’d think my worst experience involving O’Hare was last spring when I flew through Midway on my way to Cleveland. My Northwest flight was late leaving Minneapolis because they had to change a…