The Times’ Mark Vanhoenacker suggests  America’s “Unwelcome Matâ€Â (the ESTA, or Electronic System for Travel Authorization) complete with ugly low-tech website and embarrassing questionnaire may be turning off or even turning away foreign visitors. But the ESTA might be considered a godsend,  since the questionnaire asks travelers about spying, terrorist activity, disease agents and moral turpitude… it might be good to know about these tendencies ahead of time.  READ on nytimes.com
Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”
