Friday cocktail – Harry Truman’s favorite

And imitating Churchill he started the day with a shot of booze – in Truman’s case Bourbon. Farandaville variation -better than Truman’s 2 oz bourbon – like Truman 1/4 oz demerara syrup – BIG improvement on plain sugar! One dash orange bitters – or any amount and style of bitters to your taste. Stir in … Read more

European population crisis – worse and worse

The story is about a Greek school which will close after this school year. When you have no children – who said “Demographics is Destiny”? It’s a situation playing out across Europe and beyond. The region has 16 of the world’s top 20 oldest nations, particularly in Southern Europe, according to the independent World Population … Read more

Why French High School students are protesting (not a joke)

Nothing revolutionary beyond they want teachers, they want toilets that work, they want smaller classes, and they want air conditioning. Read the excerpts below. There has been some violence. It’s all here in Time Magazine. The protests have been driven by anger over a variety of issues impacting French high schools. Roughly 3,000 people have … Read more