The new president of the University of California system, Janet Napolitano, has hit the ground running — with diversity! Peter Wood gives us the unhappy details here.

Here is his conclusion:

It would be a rich irony if our former deporter-in-chief managed to reinvent herself as California’s Ms. Diversity. Napolitano, however, is seemingly unhindered by old commitments. When it comes to basic principles, she has a versatility that would strike Niccolo Machiavelli dumb with admiration.