Commencement addresses far too often become a sounding board for mediocre advice and bad politics. Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker, however, offered something different to 2024 graduates when he encouraged them never to shy from defending what is good — even when the so-called Catholic president of the United States does the opposite.
One year after he encouraged students at the Georgia Institute of Technology to get married and have children to save the world, Butker was back behind a commencement stage podium at Benedictine College invigorating the newest generation of young adults to stay strong in their faith and values.
The three-time Super Bowl champion kicked off his speech with praise for the grads who muscled through government-mandated lockdowns during their late high school and early college years and warned that our nation is rapidly declining.
“While Covid might have played a large role…
