Security Theater
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Today's 'Anything With an On-Off Switch' Story
'Do it because I said so,' and other words to live by
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Your Boxing Day TSA Report
The TSA seizes cupcakes because of "gel-like" frosting, and other victories in the battle against terrorism
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Let's Talk Kindles-on-Takeoff One More Time
"Anything with an On-Off switch must now be OFF," but readers disagree on exactly why
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Department of [Your Name Here] Security
Should we have a new agency called BENDOVER?
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In Defense of Turkey's TSA
The many reasons why the Turks have screening lines outside the airport as well as inside
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Your Mid-Afternoon Airline 'Safety Theater' Fix
Here's a surprise: readers are not delighted with every detail of current airline policies
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Pre-December Special! Readers Speak on Airline Security
Flight attendants and engineers differ about in-flight risk
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Why You Can't Read a Kindle During Take-Off—4 Theories
A pilot argues that the ban on electronic devices make sense; many others disagree
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'All Electronic Devices Must Now Be Powered Off'—but Why?
Think 'security theater' stops at the TSA check line? Unt-uh!
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As You Get Ready for Airport Security Today
The latest twists in the airline-security business
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Tanks in Small Towns
Police emulating the military's worst habits, as the military itself is moving away from them
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Two Views of Pepper-Spray, Abuse of Power, and the Militarization of the Police
A white police officer in Dallas, and a black woman habituated to bad treatment by police, react to the UC Davis abuse
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Turning Patrolmen Into Soldiers: How Did We Let This Happen?
The forces behind this malign trend, and whether they might be reversed
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Why Does a Small Town Have an Armored Vehicle? The Police Chief Explains
The 'up-armoring' of small town police forces, and the surprising reasons behind it
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Cast Your Vote Now! New Names for DHS
If we don't like "homeland," does "scaredycatland" come closer to the truth?
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Like TSA? You'll Love VIPR!
TSA country extends from the airports to the roads
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What Didn't Get Covered in Philadelphia
Someone who has seen a lot, says that he's never seen a political moment this bad
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A Practical Question From Someone Who Must Fly While Brown
Who do you call if you're hustled off a plane by cops?
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An Airline Captain, Plus the Germans, on Flying While Brown
Observers from Beijing to Berlin marvel at Americans' submission to authority
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Just a Little More on Flying While Non-White
'Are we memorializing the terrorists with our anti-terrorist actions?'
