Sumantra Maitra in The American Conservative illuminates the revival of American expansionism spearheaded by the new President. But this 21st century version, Maitra points out, is of a particular and limited scope: improved continental security, notably through a possible purchase of Greenland, and tighter ties with fellow members of the “Anglosphere”.
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.