And #3 in English language proficieny. We have a friend who teaches math at the highest levels in Briarcliff HS and she is, in fact, quite brilliant. In December, the New York State Education Department released math and English Language Arts (ELA) assessment results for students in grades three through eight from the 2024–2025 school … Read more
Another tough one.
This is good. She sees the handwriting on the wall. “The move embodied the contradictions and fast-changing nature of the two countries’ relationship.” Less than a week after the United States snatched its president under cover of night, Venezuela said it was exploring restoring diplomatic ties and sending a delegation to Washington to check on … Read more
Yay me!
Friedman is skeptical that Venezuelan oil can be restarted without a change of regime, which he thinks will require boots on the ground. But see the NYT article below the video. Venezuela is not Libya and the new leader – Delcy Rodriguez – is super-ambitious and if it’s in her self interest to suddenly become … Read more
I am an everyday wordle kind of guy with a 96% success rate. And now I’m on a “quest” to break my old record of 77. A good friend of ours had something like 133 in a row before she (women are smarter than men of course) by haphazard neglect missed doing it on a … Read more
This is from CatholicVote “Nations have a right and responsibility to control their borders and to enforce laws meant to protect the population, but all laws must be enforced in a just and predictable manner that respects the God-given dignity of each human person,” the bishops wrote in the statement. The bishops quoted Pope Leo’s … Read more
See our recipe below. Not sure why I haven’t posted this one before. Farandaville recipe – 2 oz. VS rated cognac (Just as good as any VSOP for a cocktail and a lot cheaper). 3/4 oz white creme de menthe We do it in the glass on the rocks. But you can also shake it … Read more