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My Commencement Address

What would you say to 9,000 people whose fondest wish is to get you off the podium? The Daily Beast's resident wit waxes neurotic about an imminent speech to the Class of 2009.

Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley
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I have to give a speech at a commencement exercise, and I’m a little nervous. There will be seven or eight thousand or so people there.

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