Security Sanity
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'Or are you just glad to see me?'
Dancing through the TSA queue: it doesn't happen here
More ideas on avoiding the 'Mugged in Madrid!' nightmare
Sometimes "security theater" has a hidden -- and plausible -- plot line
A step toward sanity for the holidays?
Could the public accept responsibility for important choices?
The U.S. military outlaws in Afghanistan what is now routine in TSA screening lines
The Brits fight back against the TSA
Can an airplane match the Bolt Bus as a tech-friendly conveyance? The jury is still out.
The good news about aviation security
An argument about the way forward in ending "security theater"
More front-line accounts -- from Shanghai, Dublin, Rome, Manhattan -- in the ongoing struggle against security theater
A rare victory over the hollow symbolism of "security theater," in New York
Are we worrying too much? Or too little?
What if they gave a cyber war and no one....