A Message From Transport Canada

Wherein I agree with James Fallows

Security Theater Cont: Choose Your Line - James Fallows - National - The Atlantic: "Someone tell me how this makes sense. It's so important to check every single passenger for every single thing he or she might be concealing under the clothes -- unless the passenger decides to take the left fork. I looked at the brand name of the enhanced scanner as I went by. I think it said 'Maginot.'"

Wherein I agree with Megan McArdle

National Opt-Out Day - Megan McArdle - Business - The Atlantic: "Maybe there's some compelling security advantage I don't know about, but most of the security experts I read have been pretty silent about what these benefits might be. Meanwhile, we're putting more effort into screening airplane passengers (and pilots!!!) than cargo. Is that because it makes us safer? Or because it's easier, and more visible? I would be more sanguine about all this nonsense if it didn't seem like we're the proverbial drunk searching for the keys under the streetlight not because that's where they were dropped, but because the light's better."