It might be a good time to get yourself a passport, if you are one of those tens of millions of Americans who doesn’t already have one. Sure, you may not be planning a trip anytime soon to Europe or another continent, but beginning on December 31, the United States, which now requires only a drivers license to visit the Caribbean, Bermuda, Canada and Mexico, will be requiring passports for travel to these places. Kinda sucks, huh? I mean, how many times have you bolted for the border on a whim without bringing along your little blue book? The new rules are part of the 20054 anti-terrorism bill and will apply only to air and sea travel (for now, but stay tuned). The headache will get worse at the end of next year when the Department of Homeland Security will demand you show your passport at every border crossing. Yuck.