How did Americans become some groveling servants? Even the apparently blustering, gun-in-pocket wingers bend over for the swift kicks from the TSA and other hectoring oppressors. Only the latest catalyst for that question was the … [Read more...]
Barack Obama, Islamic Radicalism and the Issue of America’s Vulnerability
Try as they will, Conservatives have not really been able to make a good argument that Obama, by moving away from the failed foreign policies of the Bush Administration, has in reality made America less safe. Instead they have responded … [Read more...]
Airline Security – Time to Reconsider
If you've ever traveled through Heathrow Airport, you've probably watched the evolution of U.S. airport security with some skepticism. I worked behind an airline ticket counter before 9/11, and I know that the notion of liquid … [Read more...]
Homeland Security Run Amok
In a baffling and outrageous case, British musicologist Nalini Ghuman has been barred from the United States for more than a year for as yet unexplained reasons.Ghuman, who is an Assistant Professor at Mills College in Oakland, … [Read more...]
Markey on Homeland Security
My US Rep Ed Markey has a post on HuffPo, saying cargo security is more important than business:The American people deserve to know that when they fly on planes, the cargo underneath their feet is as rigorously checked as they and their … [Read more...]
Immigration and Stem Cell Research – Related issues!
The voting public may not be ready to recognize distinctions among "good" immigrants who obtain paperwork, or fall within quotas, or escape certain types of persecution or come here with other acceptable motives and procedures, as we all … [Read more...]