News and Views: February 1, 2025

Six Feared Dead After Medical Jet Crashes In Northeast Philadelphia   The cause of the mid-air incident remains unclear. Authorities are investigating what occurred in the skies over Philadelphia that led the pilots to become unresponsive with the Northeast Philadelphia Airport Tower before the aircraft entered a violent descent at 11,000 feet per minute, ultimately crashing into a city street. Image

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FAA diversity hiring under renewed scrutiny after deadly DC air disaster  Despite direct links between the air disaster in Washington, D.C. and federal hiring practices remaining unclear, the deadliest crash in 15 years has returned to the forefront of concerns about aviation industry safety, including past efforts to prioritize diversity over merit in the air traffic control profession.

DEI Is A 'Manmade Disaster…. We're Now Seeing The 'Sudden' Part of The Collapse That Has Been Coming'   “There’s a saying that collapse comes gradually then suddenly, We’ve been gradually moving towards a collapse of our institutions that have been captured by group identity politics…. This was a manmade disaster, it didn’t need to be this way…. We’re now seeing the sudden part of the collapse ….”

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11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert  What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources. Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises.

The Week in Pictures: I Don’t Really Care Margaret 

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