![]() Indeed, Heffernan informs us, Buttigieg is compelled to hold much of his intellectual powers “in reserve” because a “cabinet job requires only a modest portion of his cognitive powers.”Įven as he discusses railroads and airlines, down to the pointillist data that is his current stock-in-trade, the US secretary of transportation comes off like a Mensa black card holder who might have a secret Go habit or a three-second Rubik’s Cube solution or a knack for supplying, off the top of his head, the day of the week for a random date in 1404, along with a non-condescending history of the Julian and Gregorian calendars.īut it’s when this hypersycophantic prose collides with Mayor Pete’s real-world, tedious, cliché-ridden tautologies that the piece really springs to life. But infrastructure occupies just a sliver of his voluminous mind. Sure, the US secretary of transportation has thoughts on building bridges. ![]() ![]() Pete Buttigieg Loves God, Beer, and His Electric Mustang ![]() The magic begins with the headline and subheadline, and then refuses to let up: ![]()
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