[Note: It’s that time of year again when graduates, watched by friends and family, leave campuses across the country amid celebrations and enter our increasingly strange world.  I admit to having a weakness for commencement addresses. Though often degraded, they can be inspiring and insightful. On occasion, we have carried actual commencement addresses -- from Howard Zinn, Mark Danner, and Rebecca Solnit; other years, I’ve let graduates head into the world without comment. From time ... Read more »