01/27/16
My At the Airport column on USA TODAY for January 2016 takes a look at TSA's 2015 Year in Review and the record number of guns found at airport checkpoints. →
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12/21/14
Each Friday, before I close my office and head to Happy Hour, I check the TSA Blog for the Week in Review posting of the number of firearms (loaded and unloaded) and other prohibited items (inert explosives, big knives, anti-tank weapons, etc.) discovered at airport checkpoints. You should too. The blog (and TSA’s Instagram account) →
08/20/12
It’s bad enough that we have to sit next to strange, smelly, arm rest-hogging people on airplanes. The thought that my seatmate might have a dagger or a gun in that greasy paper bag they’ve shoved down there underneath the seat in front of them just makes it worse. Which is probably one the reasons →