If you look at the traffic we expect on Interstate 81 in the year 2035, and you took every truck off the interstate, we would still have Thanksgiving weekend conditions every day of the year.

They couldn't. You still have local deliveries, and deliveries on shorter trips, like between Harrisonburg and Bristol.

There would not be enough room out there for just cars. And that's if you could take every truck off.

It is a time to gather information. It is not the time to debate anything.

Let's put it bluntly. If rail would be profitable, private companies would be doing it already.

The moment of discovery and awe when reading is why I write books for children.

Reading leads to a lifetime of learning

The moment of awe when reading is why I write books for children.

When all is quiet, and the birds are still, you can learn so much from those browsing hills.

Children remind us to smile