Or maybe it stands for "Thousands Standing Around."

Under the guise of making us safer, government has greatly expanded its role in airport security... continue reading »

A story in today's Philadelphia Daily News shows why it's so important that citizens be allowed to videotape cops - it can be citizens' only way to fight back against police abuse of power... continue reading »

Last week, the TSA announced it will not allow any more airports to choose to use private screeners instead of the TSA. “I do not see any clear or substantial advantage to do so at this time,” the TSA administrator said. No advantage?... continue reading »

Tonight on The Factor, Bill O’Reilly wants to know what I think should be done to punish alleged secrets leaker, Bradley Manning, and Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. Manning is now a military private now in custody, accused of leaking classified military documents to Assange. Assange, an Australian national, gave some of the documents to media outlets around the world. ... continue reading »

The government says it may fine one young man $11,000 for leaving the airport without “permission.” He didn’t want to be scanned by the invasive new scanners, and he didn’t want the TSA touching his “junk.” When they’re not touching your junk, the TSA makes children cry. Now Bill O’Reilly demands that I provide my “solution,” or endorse his. I admit, I don’t know the best solution... continue reading »

Ed Crane of the Cato Institute called my attention to this Washington Post Series that began today. In his words:

"What an astounding testament to Public Choice this WaPo series is going to be... The first story alone yields overwhelming evidence for why we shouldn't turn anything over to the federal government. Appalling stuff."... continue reading »

In 1961, Eisenhower warned about the “military industrial complex.” [Video]  Today there’s plenty of waste and corruption in defense contracts. As the AP reported: About $10 billion has been squandered by the U.S. government on Iraq reconstruction aid because of contractor overcharges and unsupported expenses… More than one in six dollars charged by U.S... continue reading »

Page W3 in this weekend's Wall Street Journal carries two excellent articles that put the risk of terrorism into perspective. University of Colorado Law Professor Paul Campos writes the first:

The world's greatest nation seems bent on subjecting itself to ... humiliating defeat, by playing a game that could be called Terrorball. The first two rules of Terrorball are:... continue reading »

I’ll go on O’Reilly tonight to talk about the ridiculous new flight rules from the TSA. Before my last flight, right after Christmas, security officials patted me down. I was wearing shorts. But they patted down my bare legs. There is a lot of “security” that seems pointless. Jet Blue told us that TSA had ordered them to keep all TV's off for the whole flight... continue reading »

Like most government agencies, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA — I thought that stood for “Thousands Standing Around”) has been reactive, not creative. After September 11th, they confiscated pen knives and nail clippers... continue reading »