Gary Trudeau, Congressman Elijah Cumming & Sandy Lerner

Who were the three distinguished speakers today at my niece's graduation from Gaucher College? and who gave the best advice? and who gave the worst?

Best was Congressman Cumming- he had obviously done this before. He said dream,work and try to have no regrets when you die. I thought he hit the right notes and was a powerful speaker.

Worst was Sandy Lerner- she apparently was too busy to prepare a speech and basically just said "Just Do It". What the Nike guy was unavailable? Lerner is a bazillionaire founder of Cisco who seems to buy stuff (old farms, restaurants, etc) and then sucks all the traditional fun out of them. For instance, she bought a 275 acre Virginia farm and ended the fox hunts the former owners had allowed. I take it Lerner is an animal rights nut.

Trudeau was just OK- talked a bit much about baby boomer parents of graduates. Do you think anyone under 35 years old at these commencements even listen to the speeches. Most of us could not even remember who spoke at our own graduations.

And Congratulations to my niece Joanna Livia who got her degree in Communications!

And a big shout out to the college president, Sanford Unger, who certainly delivered just what I would have predicted from the prototypical college liberal. Unger said (in his intro) how the USA has damaged its image overseas and it will take years to repair. I am sure he meant it will take years to repair but only if we can elect a Democrat for president.