As most readers know well, there has been a disgraceful situation developing at Minneapolis—St. Paul International Airport, where Somali taxis drives (who comprise a large share of taxi drivers locally) are refusing to carry passengers who bring with them wine or other alcohol. A friend of a friend forwarded the following open letter from one of the local taxi companies, published in local free—distribution newspapers: In case you have been following the current issue with Muslim drivers refusing customers carrying alcohol at the Minneapolis—St. Paul Airport, we wanted to give you some insight from our perspective. First, Airport Taxi is very glad to see the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) withdraw its proposal to allow drivers to put different color top lights on their cab allowing them to turn down any customer carrying alcohol. At Airport Taxi, we do not allow a driver to turn down any customer unless there is a safety issue.  In fact, all of our...(Read Full Post)