Reading a book doesn't qualify as irresponsible or juvenile. A ham-handed & officious over-reaction by security "professionals" qualifies as both.

And keeping a harmless guy with a book off a plane doesn't make flying the slightest bit more safe. Quite the opposite, tying up security staff on such nonsense just leaves more opportunity for real mutts to get by unnoticed.

As for the knee-jerk media-bashing that's become the new craze ... sorry, no sale. CityPaper isn't to blame for the arrogance and incompetence of the security folks in this mess. God bless the press for telling the story.