The TSA Alarm Went Off the Second They Scanned My ID

of authority, jurisdiction, all that dry little paperwork that becomes important when everybody else is panicking.

There had been a software update after a mess in Denver the year before. Since then, the red alert hit faster and louder than it used to.

The first time it happened, even I jumped.

By the tenth time, you barely blink.

Still, I usually traveled continue reading …