McIlheran Misses The Point: Not A News Flash

The Journal Sentinel's in-house conservative blogger and resident rail naysayer, quoting a known railophobe, laughs off high-speed trains, assuming that every short-to-medium range trip can be accomplished by airplane at 600 mph.

The reality?

Many small US cities have little or no air service, and high-speed rail would offer all travelers an alternative.

Choice is the conservatives' mantra - - unless a reflexive, anti-train hired gun says otherwise, and ideology again trumps common sense.