[From article]
The question before graduates is whether they’ll “party on” — accepting a world of imperiled liberties and moral retreat — or whether they’ll Think Again and try to improve it.
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our democracy’s founding principle that “only a virtuous people are capable of freedom,” as Benjamin Franklin insisted?
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Skyrocketing numbers of single households, a struggling middle class and a crisis in higher education have combined to deprive us of citizens with the requisite moral character for self-government.
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actor Matthew McConaughey told University of Houston graduates, “Life’s not fair. It never was, isn’t now and won’t ever be. Do not fall into the entitled trap of feeling like you’re a victim. You’re not.” McConaughey echoed Franklin’s maxim: “The Constitution only guarantees you the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
http://www.aspentimes.com/opinion/16633851-113/sturm-graduation-advice-for-troubled-times
Sturm: Graduation advice for troubled times
Melanie Sturm
Think Again
June 4, 2015
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