Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Free Press: Why My Sons and I Take the Train
August 27, 2025
August 27, 2025
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Aug. 25, 2025, to the Free Press:
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Why My Sons and I Take the Train
By Christopher F. Rufo
On a train from Seattle to Los Angeles, they learned what the road cannot teach: intimacy with strangers, the weight of history, and the beauty of time slowed down.
"Pop! Pop! Pop!"
A sunburned man named Jeff jabbed a fing . . .
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Why My Sons and I Take the Train
By Christopher F. Rufo
On a train from Seattle to Los Angeles, they learned what the road cannot teach: intimacy with strangers, the weight of history, and the beauty of time slowed down.
"Pop! Pop! Pop!"
A sunburned man named Jeff jabbed a fing . . .