At one point I learned that when I'd told them my college coursework in Arabic might make me a good intelligence officer, they had recorded that my m… - Pete Buttigieg

In the mirror, I make eye contact with an unshaven, bleary-eyed man in his mid-thirties, looking harmless but not thrilled to see me at this hour. I’ll just never be a morning person.

But for others, work can only be meaningful if its fundamental purpose is in things that would matter even if no one would pay you to care about them.

We have to provide food and shelter for the homeless, and oppose racial discrimination and promote civil rights, while also promoting equal rights for women. We have to encourage a return to traditional moral values. Most importantly, we have to promote general social concern, and less materialism in young people.