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Biden talks about his team as if he asked to see headshots over resumes. Ultimately, that’s a surefire way to upset just about everyone.President Joe Biden is incredibly proud of his staff’s sexual and racial diversity. You don’t even have to ask. He’ll tell you that his choices were tailor-made to “look like the country,” meeting he demands of his party’s identity-focused base. Yet, as we’ve seen time and time again, staffing based on immutable characteristics instead of earned qualifications can only end poorly.Party activists oftentimes stubbornly adhere to a radical worldview, a position much easier to hold when not...

We've always said that one problem with "identity" politics is, Where will it end? If we have black student lounges on campus, how many other racially segregated lounges will we have to bear? These questions are more than theoretical, as proven by a story out of California. In Oakley (not Oakland), "Lisa McClelland says she isn't a racist," according to a news report. "She says her campaign for a Caucasian Club at her high school is a move toward diversity, not bigotry. She says everyone is invited — and nobody will be excluded." For those who care — and, boy,...