Frank Furedi in The European Conservative examines the conspiracy of silence by British MPs to suppress investigation into the nationwide gangs of Pakistani-Muslim rape gangs (euphemistically termed âgroomersâ). Furedi details how, in their craven desire to avoid appearing âracistâ or âIslamophobicâ, the MPs (along with local authorities and police) allowed these criminals free reign to commit horrendous crimes against innocent (and mostly white) British girls, teen-agers and women.
The Paper-Pushers Who (Barely) Control Americaâs 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 âflight stripsâ. In contrast to this âinternational disgraceâ, writes Tierney, European and even Canadian control towers have gone nearly all-digital.