All of us at Oakton were eager to see how Oprah would handle a show featuring high school essay contest winners writing on the relevance of Elie Wiesel’s memoir of the Holocaust. (See my column of May 22.)

How would she balance the horrific past with an afternoon show celebrating teenagers’ futures? More precisely, would Oprah be able to honor Wiesel and his seriousness and still give high school students the whirlwind brush with celebritythey anticipated?