Understanding the times

When I set out to write this piece, I thought I’d discuss what has probably become the most infamous commencement speech in recent memory. I certainly have some thoughts on it, although my view is relatively nuanced and not inflammatory—at least, I think so. However, it feels like piling on to devote an entire article to the topic, especially since an order of nuns rebuked him. Being scolded by nuns from an order called Mt. Saint Scholastica, the perfect designation for an order that founded and...