Oh, the Humanities!

When President Obama’s chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities finally stepped down from his post in late May—four months after President Trump took office—he explained his reasoning to the New York Times. “I think it’s getting to be a time that’s appropriate for me to step aside,” William Adams said, “and let this transition go forward.”

It’s indeed appropriate for a political appointee to resign when a new president of the other party takes power—especially if the new president has vowed to eliminate funding for your agency, as Trump has with the NEH.