SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:

INTRIGUING CHOICE FOR THE UN – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:  President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be US ambassador to the United Nations, according to a report in The Post and Courier of Charleston, SC. The Palmetto State governor accepted the diplomatic position and a formal announcement was expected to be made on Wednesday morning, according to The Washington Post.  Haley is best known nationally for talking state lawmakers into taking down the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina State House grounds after last year’s Charleston church shootings, which killed nine.   A fine appointment.  Nikki Haley is the daughter of immigrants from India.  She is a woman of color and a solid Republican governor.  She did not support Trump for the nomination, and her selection symbolizes the new president's openness.  The press, of course, will give Trump no credit. 

AND DR. BEN – FROM FOX:   It appears the doctor is in.  Former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is close to accepting the position of secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet, a GOP source with knowledge of the offer told Fox News late Tuesday.  The source said Carson would consider Trump's offer over the Thanksgiving holiday before making a final decision.  On Tuesday, Carson told Fox News' "Your World with Neil Cavuto" that the HUD position was "one of the offers [from Trump] that is on the table."  "Our inner cities are in terrible shape," Carson said. "And they definitely need some real attention. There have been so many promises made over the last several decades and nothing has been done, so it certainly is something that has been a long-term interest of mine."  At first Carson had said he didn't want to join the government.  That has clearly changed.  He came from a ghetto background and, with his mother's encouragement, became an eminent physician and surgeon. 

THE LEFT NEVER LEARNS – FROM DAILY CALLER:  Hampshire College in Massachusetts has announced that it will no longer fly the U.S. flag at all in response to an incident where the flag was taken down and burned. The president of the college says that by getting rid of the flag the school will be able to focus on other issues like halting Islamophobia and promoting gay rights.  The mess for Hampshire College started a week and a half ago, after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. The school responded to Trump’s victory by keeping the U.S. flag at half-staff, as if in mourning, which upset some community members. Then, on the night before Veterans Day, somebody took the flag down and set it on fire. While the motive isn’t known, there have been many examples of students burning U.S. flags to protest Trump’s electoral victory.  While the flag was replaced in time for a Veterans Day commemoration, Hampshire College president Jonathan Lash has announced the school won’t be flying the flag at all anymore.  “We will not fly the U.S. flag or any other flags at Hampshire for the time being,” Lash said in a campus-wide email, according to Campus Reform.  Really brilliant, isn't it?  Bow down to the mob.  Hampshire is one of the country's most left-wing colleges, and proves it constantly.

November 22, 2016