Privatize the TSA  

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When it comes to America’s airports, the terrorists have already won. You know, those ludicrous edifices where we collectively lose all our dignity just so they’ll let us out of the building? If we really wanted to slow the influx of illegal immigrants, we wouldn’t build walls — we’d build Transportation Security Administration checkpoints.

As far as I’m concerned, airports were a massive nuisance before the pandemic. Afterward, however, I’ve done virtually everything in my power to avoid being sucked into those snaking lines that would be considered an illegal interrogation technique under the Geneva Conventions. I would rather drive an entire day than watch a TSA agent demanding