I went to Sudan quite a few times in the 1980s when I was covering Africa for the NY Times. We called it the Sudan back then. It was already Militant Islamist so alcohol was banned. Nothing drives me to drink like a prohibition so I used to fill shampoo bottles with Scotch, put them in my toilet kit and smuggle them into the country. It was a stupid thing to do but I was young and stupid. (Now, thankfully, I’m old and stupid.)

I thought about that yesterday when I was flying back from Atlanta and a companion was having her contact lens solution confiscated by sharp-eyed TSA inspectors.

I guess those Sudanese Militant Islamists are getting their revenge on me after all these years.