Charles Murray, of The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) offers his view on the name "Homeland" Security, and argues for the right kind of profiling to keep air travelers safe.
When the Department of Homeland Security was created, the very name was unsettling. “Homeland” sounded vaguely totalitarian, a word that the Third Reich or USSR propagandists might use, not a word in the American lexicon. In the wake of 9/11, a lot of us swallowed our objections and muttered, “Well, okay, but be careful how far you take this stuff.” What’s happening at the TSA is why we were apprehensive.
The Dept. of Homeland Security Increasingly Resembles Its Name
