Poor Elijah’s Almanack: Leges Sine Moribus Vanae

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Berger, an English teacher at Weathersfield School, who writes “Poor Elijah’s Almanack.” The column appears in several publications, including the Times Argus, the Rutland Herald and the Stowe Reporter.
Mark Zuckerberg returned to Cambridge to address Harvard University’s grads, Oprah enlightened the diplomates at Smith College, and Poor Elijah is once again, for lack of any other invitations, delivering his commencement re