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Apollo wouldn't pay a million dollars to hear a speech by Michelle Obama -- or anyone else:
I've long thought the culture of high-end commencement speakers was stupid. Virtually every college in the country would benefit if it just gave up on that game and instead had a well-regarded professor speak to the students. It would save money, have more content, better connect with students, and not subsidize the egos of political and media elites.Bill Keller spoke at my commencement. Given my interest in journalism I quite enjoyed it, though not enough that I'd have paid for it. Walter Cronkite spoke to the Pomona College class that graduated the following year. I covered it for the local newspaper. It was an awful speech.
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