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Bad Math 101

December 10, 2021 – 12:33 am

Americans are not very good in Math. According to OECD 15 year-old US students are ranked # 37th in the world behind Hungary, Israel, Norway. 1 + 1 = 2 is a difficult concept to the Land of the Free. And forget about 3-D grafts. Dunce caps for most of the class. And students favorite […]

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How Sweet It Is

December 17, 2017 – 8:29 am

“How sweet it is.” Few youths of today are familiar with Jackie Gleason’s famous aside. The big man was a star. TV, Broadway, Miami Beach. He symbolized joie de vivre. Jackie Gleason was no athlete. A good golfer and gambler, but no Olympian except for drinking and eating, especially at Toots Shor’s West 52nd Restaurant. […]

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