Lionel Shriver in Spiked celebrates the sudden stalling-out of wokism in U.S. workplaces, educational institutions and ordinary conversation. The toppling of the Democratic Party in the recent U.S. elections, Shriver believes, is enabling society to shake itself out of the decade-old woke spell. While warning that the task ahead remains vast and the risks steep, Shriver dares to be optimistic.
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.