Private Sector's Ditching DEI -- But Not Gov't

You want to boost the visibility of top people from all walks of life? Hire top people from all walks of life, without worrying about quotas, “equity” and other weaselly ways of judging people on factors other than pure ability.

Most people who run our companies and institutions seem to have enough trouble doing their actual jobs — making functional software (I’m looking at you, CrowdStrike), preventing assassination attempts on presidential candidates, whatever. 

Too many of our institutions, public and private, have been hijacked by trendy causes that have nothing to do with their actual missions.