Tag Adam Gopnik

Evidence of nothing much

When France beat Belgium in the semifinals, it became obvious to me that France deserved to win the World Cup and would likely do it. Belgium had one of the best teams I’d ever seen, and yet they were completely…

Who should pay for the trains?

Adam Gopnik links the recent derailing disaster in Pennsylvania to the Americans’ unwillingness to authorize public investment in infrastructure. It’s too early for any blame assignment, but the questIon of tax money spent on trains and such is evergreen. In…