On a bridge the safe peak capacity of one traffic lane is approximately 1,900 vehicles per hour. Assume you are observing vehicles moving at 20 milesper hour and the vehicles are spaced 60 feet apart—in one hour you will count 1,900 vehicles.

It’s an iron law of the political class that no government agency, regardless of its poor record, can ever be abolished.

Last week, in a major address in the nation’s capital, former Vice President Al Gore called for a 10-year plan to move the nation’s entire energy supply to solar, wind, and other renewable sources. What he failed to address is the massive role of meat production in the global climate crisis.