Archive for July, 2008

Invasion of the Body Scanners
July 21, 2008

And here I thought removing my shoes in front of fellow travelers felt a little too intimate. 
 
Now there’s naked. 
 
As in, please keep your clothes on; we’ll just use this high-tech electromagnetic digital imagery to see through them. 
 
On your next trip through security at Miami International, at the checkpoints where two new body scanning machines [...]

Math Problems
July 8, 2008

Impasse?  That may be the understatement of the week.
 
The week of meetings between Miami-Dade teachers and the district (that is considering filling a budget hole by holding back some or all of their collective raises) were billed as bargaining sessions, but there was no bargaining.  Questioning, finger-pointing, bad blood – but no bargaining.
 
Not only are [...]