Buttigieg spent big on DEI, not keeping planes in the sky

Even transportation can be degraded by bad ideology.

The secretary of Transportation isn’t a high-profile Cabinet post. Even those who keep up on politics may not remember that Sean Duffy currently holds the position . But that doesn’t mean it isn’t important. Like cheap and reliable energy, a smoothly running transportation system is a foundational piece of the modern economy. And when something goes wrong, the results can be deadly.

Consider the many problems plaguing the country’s air traffic control system. In January, a U.S. Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines j et in Washington, D.C., killing 67 people . In a recent hearing, a FAA official admitted that the air traffic controller should have told the airline pilots that a helicopter was nearby . In 2022, an FAA worki