If you’re flying during the holiday travel season, remember that the federal government wants you to "dress with respect." Also, say please and thank you and keep your children under control.

Those guidelines come from a U.S. Department of Transportation civility campaign called "The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You," which debuted last week with a 90-second DOT video juxtaposing footage of commercial air travel from the middle of our previous, better-dressed century — suits for men, gloves and pillbox hats for women — with a montage of scenes taken by cellphone from our slouchy, violent present.

The department and its secretary, Sean Duffy, did not say what it means to dress "respectfully," but one can infer a broken windows theory of civility: sweatpants and T-shirts, combined wi

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