Tuesday’s editorial: Flying cracked
The Federal Aviation Administration has a goal of customer satisfaction. Lest that make you feel all warm and fuzzy, consider that the customer it wants to satisfy isn’t you, the passenger. It’s the airline industry.
Understand that, and you understand the…

With the best of intentions, Missouri lawmakers are poised to pass yet another law to restrict the sale of pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in most cough and cold medicines and the key ingredient in illegal methamphetamine.
In just a few short weeks, the Federal Aviation Administration has transformed itself from a lapdog for the airline industry into a snarling pit bull. Hundreds of thousands of passengers have been stranded as airlines ground planes for safety checks.