In City Journal, Christopher Rufo outlines how the ideology of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) means, intends and delivers the very opposite of its stated purpose. Noting that this way of thinking has spread throughout universities, Rufo explains how DEI is destroying the social compact that long defined the citizenry’s relationship with higher education institutions.
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.
