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...Iowa caucus, the first stop on the road to a presidential nomination, says a lot about America. What it says, though, is not necessarily the first message that comes through...
...taxes to deal with these problems. (In October of next year the federal highway fund is expected to go into the red, forcing the issue.) It hasn't helped that prices of concrete and asphalt have spiked in recent years as India and China have poured money into their road systems. But those are just excuses. The real problem is bigger and simpler...
...high-speed trains to simple bike paths--and calculated the return on investment per pound spent. What he found was surprising. "Small can be beautiful," his report concluded. Large projects like new rail lines tended to be less beneficial for the money than modest ones, like widening an old road. The British government is now funding more projects on the basis of this more rational notion of overall value...
...innocuous phrase may appeal to many customers, it can also be intended as code for "not owned by immigrants," an attempt to divert business from upstanding first- or second-generation citizens whose ethnicity distinguishes them from most of their small-town neighbors. To those in the know, like veteran road-trip author Michael Wallis, AMERICAN OWNED is a subtle reminder of the days when customers, too, suffered from prejudice--back when African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and, at least on Route 66, poor Oklahomans fleeing to California were all denied lodging. "[Innkeepers] are trying to prey on people's prejudice...
...adding that travelers should care about not who owns a property but how well it is run. Route 66 enthusiast Emily Priddy agrees. She refuses to list on her popular website any motel proclaiming itself American owned. But there's always a new bend in the American road trip. Shilo Inns Suites Hotels, a large chain that has long supported veterans' causes, advertises itself as American owned but considers the phrase an expression of appreciation, not exclusion. When Shilo granted the hotels' first franchise in 2001, it went to an Asian-American family named--you guessed it--Patel...