There are school superintendents who burst on the scene with a dramatic reform agenda, yet prove unable to bring the major constituencies along with them--the unions, the statehouse, the parents.

Forty years ago, American society looked into the transportation future and found it thrilling. The first U.S. astronaut had orbited the earth. Preparations for a moon landing were underway.

Nothing stands still in the fast-moving and ever-changing field of technology. One of the latest adjustments comes in the makeup of the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council--known informally as NEC3.

States and localities probably spend more money enforcing incredibly restrictive rules than they lose on waste and fraud.

High-occupancy toll lanes work best on high-traffic roads. Without congestion, drivers have little incentive to pay the toll.