LEGAL INSURRECTION • April 17, 2023
A train derailed near a village in central Maine this weekend, resulting in a fire in the surrounding forest. This incident led Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to brand the hapless Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg as “a toddler playing with his first train set.” Here is where I am going to have to disagree with the Congresswoman. My son got his first train set at 18 months. He took good care of all his “Thomas the Train” collection, to the point that we donated them to the church pre-school when he moved on to the next phase of his life. We can only begin to hope that Buttigieg develops a smidgen of that kind of concern for the nation’s transportation system. ~ Leslie Eastman