The class of 2006 at Montgomery Blair High.

• Author: Friedman, Thomas L.
• Position: OPINION - Tony Blair - Brief article

Muhammad Waqar, Yiran Xia, Ramona Singh, Yueyang Li, Ekta Taneja, and Jessica Smith ... I went to a high school graduation in June, and a U.N. meeting broke out. The commencement was my daughter's, and the high school was Montgomery Blair in Silver Spring, Md. There is a tot to be worried about in America today. But if there is one reason to be optimistic about the U.S., it is represented by the stunning diversity of Blair's class of 2006. America is still the world's greatest human magnet. There is something about our free society and free market that attracts people like no other. Our greatest asset is our ability to draw not only the first-round intellectual draft...