The two-month stealth paternity leave of the secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, is the topic of my column this week. Please check out the full column at Reason ("Put the Whole Department of Transportation on Paternity Leave") and at the New York Sun ("Buttigieg 'Disappears,' So To Speak, Raising the Question: Is the DOT Really Necessary?").
![]() Pete Buttigieg, seen during an appearance at Northeastern University in Boston in 2019. (Photo: FutureOfCapitalism archive) |