Sunday, May 10, 2026

Happy Mother's Day! On this day in 1908, Anna Jarvis held the first official Mother's Day service at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, to honor her mother. She sent 500 white carnations to the church for the service and later campaigned for Mother's Day to become a national holiday.

In the early 20th century, Americans rallied around the stories of hope and redemption built by Father Edward Flanagan and Boys Town. But over time, skepticism over broad moral ideals eroded support for the community of homeless and delinquent boys, as noted in "Whatever Happened To..."

In case you missed it, this week on The Flyover Podcast, host Ayla Brown shared new concerns about what heavy AI use may be doing to our brains. Researchers are warning about a trend they call “cognitive surrender,” but is AI really making us worse thinkers? More importantly, how can we avoid falling into the trap ourselves? Listen here.

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Frontier Jet Hits Pedestrian

A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a pedestrian on the runway of Denver International Airport during takeoff on Friday night, causing an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate.

The unidentified person jumped the perimeter fence and crossed the runway before being hit by the moving plane at close to 11:19 p.m. The person was at least partially sucked into one of the engines, which ignited the brief engine fire.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a Saturday morning statement, "The trespasser on the runway was then struck by Frontier Airlines Flight 4345 during takeoff at high speed. The pilot stopped takeoff procedures immediately.”

A dozen people reported minor injuries and five were transported to local hospitals.

Super El Niño Possible

A “super El Niño” climate pattern could develop during the middle of the year, impacting global temperatures and rainfall patterns, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

Exceptionally warm waters will boost tropical activity later in October and November raising the risk of direct impacts in Hawaii, Southern California, and parts of Mexico.

El Niño can also have a stabilizing effect on severe weather. The conditions typically subdue the hurricane season in the Atlantic.

The climate pattern is a cyclical and natural warming of patches of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The majority of model forecasts suggest at least a 50-50 chance for a "super El Niño," one in which ocean surface temperatures are at least 2 degrees Celsius warmer than average.

List: Top Roller Coasters in the US

Phoenix at Knoebels Amusement Park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania was chosen as the best roller coaster in the United States in a new survey from USA Today 10Best.

The classic wooden roller coaster, with panoramic views of the surrounding hills, finished ahead of Phantom’s Revenge at Kennywood (West Mifflin, Pennsylvania) and Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City (Branson, Missouri).

The survey chose Silver Dollar City as America’s best theme park, embracing the identity of an 1880s mining town.

The Hotel Hershey (Hershey, Pennsylvania) topped the list of best theme-park hotels for its wide range of sports and recreation facilities.

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Whatever happened to Father Flanagan and Boys Town?

Father Edward Flanagan built Boys Town on one of the most radical ideas in early 20th century America: that there was “no such thing as a bad boy.”

In 1917, the Irish-born Catholic priest opened a small home for homeless and delinquent boys in Omaha, at a time when troubled children were often dumped into prisons or brutal reform schools. What began as a modest shelter soon grew into a self-governing village where boys elected mayors, judges, and commissioners, an experiment in citizenship wrapped in Christian charity. Here’s Father Flanagan talking about its origins.

The timing was perfect. During the Depression, Americans were desperate for stories of redemption and hope. Boys Town offered both. Then Hollywood arrived. The 1938 film Boys Town, starring Spencer Tracy as Flanagan and Mickey Rooney as a hardened juvenile delinquent, turned the priest into a national folk hero. You can watch the trailer here.

Tracy won an Oscar, donations poured in, and Boys Town became one of the most admired charities in the country. For mid-century America, it symbolized the belief that compassion, discipline, and community could rescue almost any child.

But Boys Town also belonged to a particular vision of America. It belonged to an America that believed moral authority could reform society, institutions could shape character, priests and civic leaders deserved trust, and national culture could unite around common myths. That America began to vanish after the 1960s.

The country grew more skeptical of churches, paternalism, and grand moral crusades. Experts shifted toward foster care and smaller community programs instead of giant residential campuses. Fundraising controversies in the 1970s further tarnished Boys Town’s saintly image.

The organization survived by reinventing itself as a broad nonprofit network focused on behavioral health, counseling, and family services. Boys Town still exists today. What disappeared was the myth.

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