The laptop ban on flights is a giant middle finger to business travelers

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday its latest effort to make life more difficult for anyone--citizen or noncitizen--who wishes to travel to and from the United States. As of right now, passengers on directs flights leaving 10 airports in the Middle East and North Africa on eight non-U.S. airlines are prohibited from bringing electronics larger than a cellphone on board. The justification given was security grounds, although that sounds dubious. If laptops are dangerous in the cabin, w...