You probably know Stanford is home of the Hoover Institution, a collection of who's who of conservative intellectuals. They could have picked members like Condi Rice, Thomas sowell, or Victor Davis Hanson but nooooo...
Yes, and one of my profs. Very valid point. Sowell's writing is extremely dry, I know that much. Condi is great, but she requires a personal plane and starts for graduations at $70,000. Then again, I'm sure Bloomburg is at least that amount and it's not like Stanford is in need of cash.
I read a Fox article last week that said that like 85% or something of the top 100 graduation ceremonies, the speaker was liberal. Makes complete sense given that higher education is almost a completely liberal venture.