The word “private” doesn’t appear in a recent Buffalo News story about a potential New York-based super-swift train. It’s as if local leaders don’t even bother to pretend anymore that businesses should be the entities responding to the public’s needs. Unfortunately, officials are looking...

It appears that Caroline Kennedy took her name out of consideration for the U.S. Senate because tax evasion and an illegal immigrant housekeeper has been uncovered. The account emerged 14 hours after Ms. Kennedy announced that she was taking her name out of contention for the Senate seat vacated by Hillary...