Lest anyone believe that there is away around the TSA’s new anti-terror screening, Geraldo Rivera is here to set the record straight: even celebrities get their junk touched. Rivera visited Juan Williams on the O’Reilly Factor last night to share his recent flying experience: “they say ‘Hi, Geraldo,’ and then they proceed to give me the most invasive, insulting, intrusive body pat down.” No one is safe.

Philip Bump had read about ferry disasters, and wondered how they weren’t more preventable. But he hadn’t thought much about it when he boarded a ferry in Zanzibar last week, headed to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. During that ride, it seemed pretty clear how ferry disasters happen. He’s glad to be back home in one piece to tell you about it.

Yeah, so I took my iPad to Africa. Contrary to what Gizmodo‘s Joel Johnson considers, don’t go selling your laptop just yet. But you know who liked it? The lions.

Here’s a bit of localized media scrutiny: NY1′s travel segment, “Travel with Val,” which specializes in finding good deals within the city, did an extensive review of Donald Trump’s new SoHo hotel, complete with astronomical hotel prices, a TV show plug and reminders of how the hotel is helping the job market. At what point does a travel segment become an advertisement?

It took a few decades, but Amtrak has finally given Vice President Joe Biden the opportunity to be the company’s semi-official mascot. Biden has penned a piece in the January/February issue of the Amtrak-owned Arrive Magazine about his love for the travel medium and its importance in the American economy.

Is there something improper about the Vice President of the United States writing a commercial for a government-owned company?

One of the more appealing things about living in New York City is that the high number of pedestrians means that an archaic mode of communication remains viable: posters. (One of the less appealing things: that those posters occasionally advertise things like this.) Posters were our forefathers’ billboards – but unlike those-that-shall-never-be-lovely-as-a-tree, posters are at [...]