https://pjmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/01/23/my-big-fat-airport-security-story/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 20:19:29 -0400<![CDATA[In the middle of our relentlessly vicious winter, I flew to Florida to deliver a lecture, after which I planned to sit in some blessed sunshine. There was precious little of that. It was cold, it rained, the swimming pool remained covered as the temperatures remained in the 30s. On my second day there, I experienced my second post-operative &#8220;spontaneous&#8221; fracture in the last seven months which made each step agony and which kept me confined to my dear friends&#8217; very comfortable leather couch for eight days. Each day I hoped I&#8217;d improve; each day, like the weather, I only got worse.]]>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:09:24 -0500<![CDATA[Phyllis Chesler]]>https://pjmedia.com/phyllis-chesler/2009/01/23/my-big-fat-airport-security-story-n103968