Photo by Paul KnightHair Balls was escorted by a customs agent out of the Bush airport today, and we left through a door with a big red sign that said, "Do Not Exit, Alarm Will Sound."
When we exited and the alarm didn't sound, the agent chuckled a bit and said, "That's government."We were at the airport to check out another government device, a new electronic, self-service kiosk for international travelers. Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection are promoting the kiosk to get more t
Mairead Corrigan Maguire thought the hard part was over. Along with fellow Nobel Laureates Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala, American landmine activist Jody Williams, and Iranian Shirin Ebadi, she had been in Guatemala, where the women had just co-hosted a three-day conference on democracy, human rights and peace that had attracted 150 female international activists.She was probably tired and ready to get back to Belfast, where her attempts to bring about an end to The Troubles in 1976 made her at
