Okay, So Yogurt Might Be a TSA-Banned Gel

Astute reader Thomas Riehle points out that yogurt, technically, speaking, is a gelatinous substance, so it would be, in larger quantities, a banned substance, though he agrees with me that it is "idiotic" for the federal government to confiscate yogurt from air travelers.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2009/02/okay-so-yogurt-might-be-a-tsa-banned-gel/9560/