commencement

Robert Krulwich for Radio Lab gives an outstanding commencement address to the 2008 graduating class of the California Institute of Technology. I personally found it very compelling. http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2008/07/29/tell-me-a-story/

"Today, we are seeing hundreds of years of scientific discovery being challenged by people who simple disregard the facts that don't happen to agree with their agenda. Some call it pseudoscience, others call it faith-based science, but when you notice where this negligence tends to take place...

Attended my nephew's commencement at American University in Washington, D.C., May 8. The speaker at the ceremonies for the School of Public Affairs and School of International Service was U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. He began by saying that after all these years, he did not remember who...