Frankly, I was relieved that there were no high school graduates among my family members this year; I would have been hard-pressed to offer them any degree of encouragement. But like most people who have known America in better times, I feel obligated to let young people know that things have not always been this way.
Today’s graduates: beware of the world
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 7:42 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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