No More Shoes Off at TSA? Change May Be Coming to Airports Near You It’s the ritual most travelers dread: the awkward removal of shoes at airport security. But this decades-old policy may finally be on its way out. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is testing new screening technology at select airports that could eliminate…
Rules of behavior exist for every aspect of life other than the one that has come to occupy so much of it: airline travel. Order should be imposed on this essentially chaotic activity, not by the unilateral actions of officials at United Airlines, but in the same way that it is imposed on other essentially…
In the United States, seniors are a sizable component of the general population. By 2060, one in every four individuals (23 percent) in the US will be aged 65 or older. That’s a lot of people who will need assistance getting around. For many, a wheelchair will be the best way to stay mobile. In…
The Little Flower: Fiorello LaGuardia Here’s a story about Fiorello LaGuardia who was mayor of New York City during the worst days of the Great Depression and all of WWII. Many New Yorkers adored him. They took to calling him the “Little Flower”. All because he was so short and always wore a carnation in his…
Commercial airline travel doesn’t have to be a debacle. You can definitely reduce your travel anxiety with a good plan. Follow our best tips on flying and you’ll find your destination relaxed and ready. A Middle-Seat Manifesto Rushing to catch a flight at Washington Reagan National Airport a few weeks ago, Amy Haywood Hughes…
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