How do we know the terrorists are winning? When a man kissing his girlfriend good-bye at Newark Liberty International Airport results in the evacuation of an entire terminal, 200 delayed or canceled flights, and re-screening for thousands of passengers.
There is a word for this: overreaction. If this how the government reacts to a threat that is 20 times scarcer than being struck lightning, we are doing something wrong.
Yes, the criminal kisser was wrong to sneak under a security rope to…
Hot dogs are delicious. Especially if you don’t think too hard about what they’re made of. Kids love them. So do adults. With baseball’s spring training already underway, consumption of the national pastime’s unofficial food is set to skyrocket in the coming months.
All is not sunshine, happiness, and home runs, though. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention thinks that hot dogs are dangerous, calling them a “high-risk food.” They are a choking hazard for children.
“We…
OSHA has published a proposed rule to regulate one of the greatest threats to mankind: combustible dust.
It is defined as “all combustible particulate solids of any size, shape, or chemical composition that could present a fire or deflagration hazard when suspended in air or other oxidizing medium.”
Maybe it speaks well of workplace safety if OSHA has made combustible dust one of its highest priorities.
A pessimist might counter that OSHA, having regulated everything else, has been reduced to regulating obscurities in its…
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