All I know is that the world has become Strange. Seven years after the 9/11 attack, which was supposed to cripple the USA economy, we have meltdown in the financial services industry, coupled with weakness in automotive industry which completely failed to anticipate or time the energy transition away from internal combustion, coupled with the huffing and puffing of tinpot blowhards around the globe, coupled with one of the most unusual presidential campaigns in modern history, coupled with what might register in history as the single most incompetent Congress to (dis)grace this country.

Regarding distinctive brain wave patterns I recently deplaned at a major airport and began the long trek to baggage claim from an outer terminal. Tired from an early morning wake-up and heavy bags, I stopped next to a railing to rearrange bags and catch my breath. Some teenage TSA agent jumped out of his chair and told me to “Keep Walking.”

Wretchard’s larger point about privacy is correct. Much of what we have come to value in this country will be sacrificed as the “War against Terror” is pursued.

Just sayin’.