"Student with dynamite on plane released"???

I'm back. This has been quite a summer, but the kids are in school now and I think everything will slow down a little.

There has been so much going on that I have a hard time knowing where to start. But I think I'll go with the double standards.

After 9/11, hundreds of Muslim men were arrested. Some were deported the following spring. Others were quietly released. The last was just released this month.

Of all the terrorism arrests, only a handful have stood up in court. Time after time, Muslims are publicly arrested, amidst a flurry of terrorist scares, and quietly released. In a recent case, the most incriminating evidence against the men was that they conversed in Arabic while on an airplane.

In all the excitement, there have been other arrests--such as the young man from Connecticutt who brought dynamite on board a plane. Not nail clippers or hair gel. Dynamite.

But it wasn't terrorism. He's not a Muslim. I assume his parents are rich. It was all just a simple misunderstanding. He bought the dynamite while traveling in Bolivia and brought it home as a souvenir. No big deal.

So the next time Ahmad or Ali is caught carrying explosives into the U.S., he can claim they are souvenirs. I'm sure Homeland Security will believe him.