To The Lucky Class of 2009

Another year, another graduation. But, of course, this is not just another year. For the graduates themselves, it is one of the most important times of their lives. For many of them, their parents and millions of ordinary Americans, it is a very, very tough time. My graduation was last Friday — not as a student, but as a teacher at the University of Southern California. For me it was a great year because I had great students. I hear I'm in a dying business – not education, but my field: The things I teach, journalism and writing, are destined……