Category Archives: Travel

Terrorism and Healthcare Reform

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 29th December 2009

The recent attempt to blow up a US airplane as it was about to land in Detroit may not seem to have much connection to healthcare reform, but on reflection the relationship is proximate and interesting.  The would be underwear bomber was known to the federal bureaucrats charged with protecting us from what is now…


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How to Get off a Plane Stuck on the Tarmac

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 28th October 2009

About 400,000 airline passengers a year get stuck on the tarmac for three hours or more. This counts only domestic flights. Congress has been debating a Passenger’s Bill of Rights since before Abraham was circumcised. The airlines have an infinity of reasons against its enactment. The gruesome details can be read here. As should be…


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