I've been trying to think outside the box about this TSA thing. I've got some ideas that may not be perfect, but seem better than complaining about who can see your dick.

First, mostly tongue in cheek idea: The TSA exists within a society with a history of a struggle for power and control and agency in which naked people have been historically ( Read more... )

I've been rolling my eyes a lot over exaggerated concerns about back-scatter and "they can see my dick" because I think it's some seriously counterproductive misdirection. There are serious, important, nontrivial discussions that we should be having such as how to balance personal privacy and public security, reactive vs. proactive threats, the ( Read more... )

A while ago Anwar al-Awlaki made some guy put a bomb on his dick. al-Awlaki is also connected to guys like the Fort Hood shooter and the recent toner bomb, and it looks like he's not going to stop any time soon ( Read more... )