and npr's distinguished correspondent, nina totenberg. each of them exemplifies dickinson's tradition of academic service, which extends from the classroom and into a lifetime. please join me in recognizing them again. [applause] i would be remiss if i did not always at my recognition the proud parents and devoted friends and families and significant others of the students who are here today. i understand what the parents are feeling right now because holly and i sat where you are now and watched our daughter graduate from dickinson, a moment filled with pride, but also tinged with sadness as we reflected on how quickly our little girl had grown up. i am also familiar with the hope that parents here will have that withdrawals from the national bank of mom and dad will soon come to an end. i hate to break the news to you. based on personal experience, the atm does not close just because the need for to which it has stopped. based on the parents of the students who will receive their diplomas today, let's give them a round of applause. [app

i could go back to nina totenberg. she and i had some spirited words. let me tell you, they became when i was at harvard we had the most wonderful time together. her father still plague. if you can't forgive a person it's like letting them live in your head rent-free. that's not a funny statement. if you can't forgive a person it's like letting them live in your head rent-free. you are in the shower thinking that some of the bitch and he is out golfing. [laughter] so what are you gaining from that? and then of course billington is working over here. i can't go through all this. clarence thomas was year. amazing, the things you go through. i say to people why don't you move on? what is the purpose of keeping tabs? there are the seekers and i prefer the seekers. anyway, billington is up for library of congress and there's another guy out there in the staff. so i'm sitting next to ronald reagan and i said i really love the guy. i am in his diary a lot. i said i think you will want to think of this guy billington. >> why would that be? i said he hates commi