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Pelley helps put BS in CBS
Michael Goodwin of the New York Post responds to a “60 Minutes” anchor’s recent university commencement address in North Carolina. Leaving aside that Scott Pelley probably spoiled graduation day for…
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Pelley reminds us that ’60 Minutes’ is just propaganda
Beth Brelje writes for the Federalist about an eye-opening spring commencement address in North Carolina. Like a freshly dropped pile of doggy dung, it was hot and steamy at the…
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Little-covered Alabama speech highlighted Trump’s philosophy
Matthew Continetti digs deeper than mainstream media outlets into President Donald Trump’s commencement address at the University of Alabama. Trump “weaved” together talking points and ad libs with something novel…
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Princeton President ‘Beclowns Himself’ in Commencement Speech
Editors at the Washington Free Beacon respond to the latest black mark on Princeton University’s record. It took some chutzpah for Princeton University president Christopher Eisgruber on Tuesday to scold…
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Daniels Encourages Graduates to Weigh Costs, Benefits
Editors at the Federalist highlight the latest commencement remarks from Purdue president and former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Massive amounts of information are being collected, intentionally by us and silently…
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Leonard Pitts says Mike Pence’s Liberty University speech was right on…..
Headline of Leonard Pitts column as it appears in the Greensboro News & Record: Mike Pence was right in his Liberty University speech This I had to read, because I…
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Sowell commiserates over commencement season
Thomas Sowell‘s latest column at Human Events peruses the landscape of college commencement speeches this spring. Two themes seem to dominate Commencement speeches. One is shameless self-advertising by people in…
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About that commencement address from ‘The Science Guy’
Jon Sanders has documented cringe-inducing comments from Bill Nye’s recent commencement address in Lowell, Mass. Regardless of Nye’s regrettable comments about climate change, though, another brief line from his speech…
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Michael Bloomberg Will Deliver UNC’s Class of 2012 Commencement Speech
The mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, has accepted UNC’s invitation to give the 2012 commencement speech.
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Highly Recommended
Dragging behind the curve as always, I chanced upon Neal Boortz’ faux commencement speech last weekend. It made me feeeeeel vindicated.
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Re: Duke Commencement (My favorite Kingsolver quote)
“we can either shift away from a carbon-based economy, or find another place to live. Imagine it: we raised you on a lie. Everything you plug in, turn on or…
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What a commencement address!
What if a college, instead of selecting some hack politician or preening moralist to give its commencement address, asked P.J. O’Rourke? Then you’d get a talk like this. I suspect…