In the European Conservative, Rod Dreher shares his experience in the Hungarian capital of Budapest on the Feast of St. Stephen when something miraculous occurred. As part of the celebration, drones formed a large floating cross in the sky. Dreher explores Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s role in promoting “Christian democracy” in Hungary.
The Paper-Pushers Who (Barely) Control America’s Skies
Fans of the 1999 movie Pushing Tin will recall frenetic scenes of air traffic controllers working to keep airliners from colliding in crowded skies. The current reality, writes John Tierney in City Journal, is far worse. Control tasks at U.S. airports today are still exchanged using paper “flight strips”. In contrast to this “international disgrace”, writes Tierney, European and even Canadian control towers have gone nearly all-digital.