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Always that first week after the New Year is the worst, as you are staring down a whole new year. I might be working from home and not having to deal with catching the bus in the cold but truth be told working from my bedroom feels like I’m never away from work. But next week starts week 2.
Wickman, it turns out, pretty much invented intercity bus travel—which for most Americans equals Greyhound, the company that emerged from that long-ago Hupmobile ride. “Greyhound has become generic for bus travel,Θ says Robert Gabrick, author of Going The Greyhound Way. “Like Kleenex for tissues.Θ Indeed, this classic American business icon—which, as it happens, is now owned by a British conglomerate—today has more than 7,300 employees, with estimated yearly sales of $820 million and 2,000 buses serving 3,800 destinations in 48 U.S. states and nine Canadian provinces. “I’m amazed at Greyhound’s brand recognition,Θ says ePaul University professor Joseph Schwieterman, an authority on intercity bus travel. “It’s an American success story.Θ
When a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, surprisingly few police stood in the way. Protests had been expected for days, but police appeared unprepared for an actual insurrection and not even prepared to keep all the doors locked. Video showed police calmly talking with attackers after they moved into the building.
This came after a year of protests and confrontations with police after police shootings and other kinds of killings across this country. Many of those protests were put down more harshly, including those in Washington, .C. Officials often responded with tear gas or Tasers or stun grenades.