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New Point-and-Shoot Chemical Detectors Raise Privacy and Constitutional Issues Dec. 11, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The TSA has begun testing a new handheld device that purports to be able to quickly identify the sub... Read More
The Oily Reason I'm Worried About Flying Jun. 25, 2022
I'm planning an overseas flight with my kids this summer, and I have a bad feeling. Not because of C... Read More
The TSA's Mask Mandate Is Just As Logical As All Its Other Arbitrary Impositions: The Same Agency That Brought Us Security Theater Continues to Enforce a Rule That Never Made Sense Mar. 16, 2022
The federal rule that requires air travelers to wear face masks, which the Transportation Security A... Read More
Guns and Belligerence are a Bad Combination. Especially at 30,000 Feet. Oct. 22, 2021
Federal aviation officials say more airline passengers than ever are showing up at airports with gun... Read More
Incredibly Simple Travel Tips to Take Stress Out of Flying Jul. 27, 2021
Flying is back. More people boarded commercial planes in the U.S. this past Thursday than the compar... Read More
Feds' Bill for No-Fly Secrets: $4,536 Jul. 13, 2021
I sent a simple request in April to my government for public data that taxpayers have the right to s... Read More
Don't Put Capitol Rioters on the No-Fly List Jan. 21, 2021
If you've seen videos of people who took part in the U.S. Capitol riot weeping in shock after being ... Read More
The Government Can Take Your Cash for No Reason Feb. 01, 2020
If you carry too much cash, the federal government can take it away from you. Yep, you read that rig... Read More
Guns on Jets a Growing Issue Aug. 26, 2019
Five hundred twenty-nine guns were confiscated by federal Transportation Security Administration (TS... Read More
Shutdown 'Crisis' Jan. 16, 2019
This government shutdown is now longer than any in history. The media keep using the word "crisis." ... Read More
More Weapons Caught at TSA Checkpoints in 2017 Feb. 14, 2018
Unless you're a sworn, commissioned law enforcement officer with a specific need to do so — no... Read More
Regulating Guns Aug. 09, 2017
Have a gun license? Plan to bring your gun to my hometown? Don't. Mean New York authorities will ma... Read More
The Battle of Budget Ideas Rages On Jun. 01, 2017
Love it or hate it, the recently proposed 2018 federal budget is dead on arrival. Some say that's be... Read More
The Public Squalor of Airport Security May. 26, 2016
I was about to share my own sob story, when I read that hundreds of passengers missed their flights ... Read More
Private Is Better May. 25, 2016
Our next president will almost certainly be Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. But I take heart knowi... Read More
Airport Lines: Your Government Failing You May. 22, 2016
This summer, air travel is for people who expect to go to hell and want to know what it will be like... Read More
TSA's Union Power Grab: Thousands Slowing Down Airports May. 18, 2016
When it comes to public employee unions, there's no such thing as a coincidence. All you travelers s... Read More
TSA: Total Security Abyss Feb. 10, 2016
While a TSA agent pawed my hair bun this weekend, presumably on high alert for improvised explosive ... Read More
The CAIR Effect: See Something, Do Nothing Dec. 04, 2015
As news of the San Bernardino jihadist shootings blared on airport TVs, I spotted a TSA monitor flas... Read More
Confessions of a Former TSA Screener Feb. 06, 2014
Jason Edward Harrington is no Edward Snowden. But, Mr. Harrington, a former Transportation Security ... Read More
