In an age without heroes

摘要

On may 25th, when President George Bush addressed the sailors and marines on Commencement Day at Annapolis, his tone veered between high emotion and light-hearted banter. He lauded the courage of an Annapolis graduate of half a century earlier who won the Navy Cross by leading a platoon behind enemy lines in Korea, and he drew cheers by absolving any midshipmen who had been punished for minor acts of misconduct.