Most people don't wait until marriage to have sex, but abstinence-only-until-marriage education programs tell teens they should...and not much else (hence the "only" part). Despite mountains of evidence showing these programs work as well as magical thinking, stubborn anti-sex ed moralists continue to insist we ignore reality and throw millions more taxpayer dollars at the problem.

The latest Civil Discourse comic examines some further ways taxpayer money can be wasted trying to keep teens in the dark about sex.

Abstinence-only programs are actually worse than teaching teens nothing at all— at least then LGBT youth wouldn't be marginalized, and misleading information about STDs and gender stereotypes wouldn't be spread. Thankfully, some states are starting to turn down the money.

Also, be sure to check out another ACLU cartoon I did on abstinence-only programs here.

Previously we've discussed the push to search under travellers' clothes with the naked machine and the million names on the terrorist watch list. The latest Civil Discourse comic examines DHS's need to literally put their hands in your pockets.

The Washington Post reported last month:

Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.

DHS doesn't stop with your MacBook. The policies extend to, well, everything. They claim they can seize "any device capable of storing information in digital or analog form" along with "all papers and other written documentation." Yes, that antique pendulum clock you're lugging around qualifies as a analog device and may be searched. (ticking time bomb?)

Just in case you thought of something that could slip through those categories, they included "written materials commonly referred to as 'pocket trash' or 'pocket litter.'"

They defined it twice just to be sure they cover everything under the sun.

In Franz Kafka's 1925 novel, The Trial, a man awakens to be suddenly arrested and put on trial for an unspecified crime in a court where no evidence is presented. Hey, at least he got a trial! Most detainees at Guantánamo Bay are still waiting to defend themselves against their crimes — real or imaginary.

My latest Civil Discourse comic is about an imaginary series of secret detention camps hidden within other secret detention camps. The final camp in the series, 'Uttermost Secret Camp Supreme 17," is a dimensional rift where not even the laws of physics apply.

I look forward to the day when we don't have to use the words "Orwellian" and "Kafka-esque" to describe our treatment of detainees in the "War on Terror." Maybe the next President will try to live up to the writings Jefferson instead of Kafka.

Mood lighting. Soft music. Relax and kick off your shoes—someone is about to peek beneath your clothes. No, you aren't at the honeymoon suite yet—you're still stuck at the airport security checkpoint.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is adopting some "calming" techniques to make you relaxed for their ever-increasing security procedures. My latest Civil Discourse comic goes through some of features at the Indianapolis Airport that were designed with the help of psychologists to create peaceful acquiescence in passengers.

Besides making security checks a relaxing vacation destination of their own, they seek to normalize full-body scanners that make sure that really isn't a bazooka in your pants. In case there is any doubt the TSA would like all airports to operate this way, they are calling it a "Checkpoint of the Future."

The IndyStar reports the "TSA will be looking for people who aren't calm." A stranger having a quick look at your genitals. Who wouldn't be calm?

Of course, you can opt for a good old fashioned pat-down if prefer. (And who doesn't?) The naked machine isn't mandatory...yet. So calm down. OR ELSE.