Reflections on a fake graduation (Plus: More thoughts on the LU Dems situation)

Last weekend, I took part in the 241st commencement at Brown University.  It was a lovely, joy-filled ceremony, and I was glad to be allowed to walk with my friends in the class of ‘09, despite the fact that I won’t be officially graduating until December.  Still, after donning my cap and gown and passing through the Van Wickle Gates, I can now say that I’m a fake-graduate of Brown (or what my friend called an “alumnot”).

As I sat in the pews of the First Baptist Church in America – a nod to Brow