Newark Airport Disruption and the Failure of State Security

It’s Monday, and as promised my first Center For a Stateless Society commentary is online.

On Sunday, January 3, thousands of airline travelers were delayed after an unknown person walked the wrong way through an exit at Newark Liberty International Airport. Continental Airlines, the largest user of the affected terminal, was still behind schedule on Monday morning. Though it is relieving when a security scare results in no innocent casualties, this incident shows the vulnerability of the rigid institutions that are supposed to provide security. The possibility that a freed market can provide security better than a state ought to be examined…(Read the rest: Newark Airport Disruption and the Failure of State Security)

Writing for C4SS involves a different style and focus than I’m used to. C4SS commentary is about writing newspaper-friendly editorials that take a current news item and examine how it provides evidence in favor of market anarchism. But I think I’ll ease into it.

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