On Sunday, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer called for a ‘no-ride list’ for trains. Just what we need! Another version of the secretive list that prompts false positives and doesn’t actually have a proven record of working. Quite the opposite, in fact. It’s a pain in the rear for legitimate flyers who happen to get caught up, and as the two last links prove, doesn’t get updated enough to be useful.

Don’t even get me started with the physical effort boarding an airplane now requires. I’m not one of those fancy frequent flyers, but I have to board at a plane at least twice a year, so I know the game:

• Remove my shoes
• Remove my belt
• Empty everything from my pockets (used to just be metal stuff)
• Carry containers 3oz or less and separate them
• If I have one, separate my laptop into another bin.

Then of course, there’s the junk-grabbing pat-downs and nekkid scanners.| MORE ›

Need I say more?

(H/T @SpotTheColumn)

Jonah Goldberg wrote one heck of a post for National Review‘s the Corner called “Taxes &Tyranny.” I strongly urge you to read it in its entirety. Moneyquote:

According to that Reason video I posted below, Americans work an average of 103 days a year just to pay their taxes.| MORE ›

As Drudge headlines: “He’s back!” Former U.S. President George W. Bush – or Bush 43 as those closest to him preferred to call him – has decided to copy Sarah Palin’s outreach model, by using FaceBook to interact with supporters and to inform them about his whereabouts. He created a fan page more than a year ago already, but used it only sparingly until today.| MORE ›