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The USAT off-lead follows up on their cover story from earlier in the week; clearly, they think it's something Americans care about deeply: Airlines, emboldened by new FAA guidelines, are cracking down on carry-on luggage.
Far from playing this down, he revels in Brahmin shtick, incessantly gabbing with reporters about his prep-school days, publicly proclaiming the sacrosanctity of his twice-weekly squash games, and cracking jokes like "The Welds arrived in 1630 with only the shirts on their backs and 2,000 pounds of gold."
There's even a counsel, holed up somewhere in Washington, who is still on the verge of cracking the Department of Housing and Urban Development scandal, which dates from two administrations and more than 10 years ago.
Benjamin Wittes' article "Cracking God's Code" must have been intended for April Fool's Day.
The NYT recounts on its front page how employers are cracking down on their employees' office use of computers for nonwork-related activities.