My children’s wonderful school just issued the results of a diversity survey it conducted last year. There weren’t many surprises in the survey, but I was struck by a few of the choices.

Under religion, there was the expected scattering of Christian, Jewish, Islam and none. There was also one Wiccan. But it was the political affiliations that really made me double-take. No, it wasn’t the fact that two parents confessed to being Republicans (and, not surprisingly, two parents responded that they didn’t feel their political philosophy was supported by the school). What made me shake my head was one of the choices on the survey was Communist. And no one ticked the box (although four did say they were Socialists). What are Berkeley and Oakland coming to?