[Edwin J. Feulner’s 36 years of leadership as president of The Heritage Foundation transformed the think tank from a small policy shop into America’s powerhouse of conservative ideas.]

No conservative could honestly have expected the 2024 biopic “Reagan” to be a viable contender for Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars. Ultraliberal Hollywood could never honor a film that dares to depict our 40th president as a hero.

But the fact that it’s officially ineligible for nomination because it doesn’t meet new diversity requirements? What an indictment of the industry that, ironically, catapulted Ronald Reagan onto the public stage years before he ran for office. This is political correctness on steroids.

To be eligible now for a Best Picture nomination, a film must meet at least two of four “inclusion standards.”

One ensures that “at least one of the lead actors or significant supporting actors … is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group.”

Race isn’t the only accepted category. You can also appease the Academy by ensuring that your cast, crew, or those who distribute or market the film are women, LGBTQ, or “people with cognitive or physical disabilities.”

The list goes on, but the intent is obvious: to check every box possible on the far-left’s approved checklist.