Source: L. A. Times Posted By: SW2009 5750 days ago
These days, protests over college commencement speakers herald spring's arrival as surely as longer days and greening leaves.
The most interesting of this season's controversies involves President Obama's scheduled appearance at America's most prominent Roman Catholic institution of higher learning, the University of Notre Dame. The school traditionally invites a new chief executive to address its graduates, and Obama -- like Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush -- accepted. The president....