I just went to Italy and I don’t feel like telling you about it
Perhaps you’ve noticed that we’re in a bit of a blogging slump
here at This non-American Life. I have plenty of material – 100s
of photos, several trips I haven’t blogged yet, 20 or so half-
finished posts in the queue – but I haven’t felt like doing
anything with it. That’s not so strange; most people seem to go
through a period of blogging ennui every now and then. But I
still haven’t figured out what to do about it.  The terrorists
started winning when lip gloss became a threat  So rarely does
something I read cause me to yell “YES YES YES!” the way that
this commentary did, I figured I’d share it here. The article
addresses the ridiculous and ever-growing measures which the US
(and consequently other countries) is taking in the name of
preventing terrorism attacks on airplanes.  For years I’ve been
drunkenly expounding on this subject at cocktail parties to
anyone who will listen, but I’ve never managed to sum up my
ideas as eloquently as Cam