<p>Laura Bush at her alma mater, SMU (Southern Methodist Univ) and the home of the George W Bush library.</p>
<p>D, who graduated from SMU last year was bummed (even though she’s a staunch democrat!). Her commencement speaker was the National Archivist of the US. When we learned of this, we thought that topic could be fairly interesting. Not so. It was perhaps the most excruciatingly boring speech I’ve ever heard. At least Laura Bush can communicate well and wouldn’t put everyone to sleep for an hour.</p>