Bill Moyers at Hamilton College
Salon has the text of Bill Moyers’ commencement address at Hamilton College.
His words, as always, are worth reading. That is particularly true of this passage:
Frankly, I'm not sure anyone from my generation should be saying anything to your generation except, "We're sorry. We're really sorry for the mess you're inheriting. We are sorry for the war in Iraq. For the huge debts you will have to pay for without getting a new social infrastructure in return. We're sorry for the polarized country. The corporate scandals. The corrupt politics. Our imperiled democracy. We're sorry for the sprawl and our addiction to oil and for all those toxins in the environment. Sorry about all this, class of 2006. Good luck cleaning it up."
(Thanks to LiberalAvenger for the tip.)