Amtrak isn’t known for pampering anyone. Or is it?

Here is a paragraph from a Bloomberg article, "Getting Americans into Train Travel," posted on Feb 5, 2020.

"Passenger rail hasn’t been easy for a long time in America. The private kind all but vanished in the 1970s when the nation’s corporate railroads talked the U.S. Congress into creating Amtrak. That enabled rail owners to ditch their sickly nonfreight routes at a time when riders were choosing cars and planes over trains.

Amtrak, which isn’t known for pampering anyone, has for almost 50 years been the only option for Americans journeying far from home by rail."

My only question is this:

Has the author never flown on a commercial airliner as a cabin-class passenger? 

In comparison to the sardine-can seating accommodations on today's modern jet, the seats on Amtrak are quite luxurious. Yes, you might have to pay for food - if what you get on many can be adequately called 'food' - and water if you want it...if the particular airline even offers food.

Amtrak is now headed by the former CEO of Delta Airlines, one of those airplane operators who jammed as many seats into the non-first class cabin as they could legally fit, regardless of the increasing girth and average weight of the average American flier. But he no longer has the final say in his new job; Amtrak is a government entity, so Congress has a say.

And we all know about the good the decisions Congress makes...

So Amtrak isn't known for pampering anyone? Maybe, maybe not. I guess it depends on your definition and perspective.

"Are you a Michiganian or a Michigander?"

Perhaps you have heard me or someone else in or from my state use the term "Michigander" to describe those of us living here. What a strange term. What is it? Is it a defined term? What is the source? It really is pretty simple.

In the eyes of the state Legislature, Michigander is the official term for the residents of Michigan and they have a bill that passed unanimously in both the House and Senate a couple of years ago to prove it.

Tucked into an obscure package of bills that modernized the 1913 statute creating the Michigan Historical Commission is a passage that strikes out a reference to Michiganians in favor of Michiganders.

So, yes. It is legal. And the law! Now you know. You're welcome.