Jeremy Tarr

A modest proposal for the airline industry. About a dozen years ago, trapped in the middle seat of basic economy, I sat next to a young woman on a flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles. She spent 15 minutes perusing the in-flight entertainment on the touchscreen seatback. Then she suddenly stopped for other, more urgent matters–she had an itch. She plunged her right hand down her pants and ferociously scratched her crotch. The hand emerged.

Boeing 12 hours ago MQ-28 Ghost Bat Now Flying Over The Pacific From U.S. Navy Base twz.com - Joseph Trevithick • 12h Boeing is now conducting test flights of its MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone out over the Pacific from the U.S. Navy’s base in Point Mugu, California.

And hopefully, one with a hopeful ending. I should have known something was amiss by how easy it was to get in. No crowds, no lines, no tickets at will call—no tickets at all, tickets not being necessary. But I didn’t realize just how amiss things were until I arrived at an empty sanctuary. An empty sanctuary in an empty synagogue. On Rosh Hashanah. Though I may not be the best Jew, I know this much: Synagogues ought to be packed on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.