Commencement season is upon us. And if I were giving one of the addresses this year, I'd begin with a quote from William F. Buckley Jr.: 'We are basket cases of ingratitude, so many of us.'
That's one of the National Review founder's most memorable quotes, as far as I'm concerned. In a 1988 speech, he said: 'Our offense ... is that of the Westerner, rich or poor, learned or ignorant, who accepts wi…