Editorial Board

Don't Let the TSA Ruin Your Summer Vacation

The agency doesn't need more money. It needs a better approach to security.

Not a threat.

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

American airports, uninviting in the best of times, have lately descended into bedlam. Security lines are stretching for hours. Passengers are missing flights. Some places are even resorting to clowns, candy and miniature horses to calm the flying public. Things will only get worse as summer vacations get under way.

Improving this experience is possible -- but there is no easy fix.