John Bolton: “As someone who has helped plan coups de etat — not here but, you know, other places — it takes a lot of work”

If she doesn’t mind, I’ll now just wait for whoever will become the 5th PM (so far) during my time as FM 😉

Liz Truss lasted 4.1 Scaramuccis

If you think you’re having a bad day at work, at least you’re not Harry Cole or James Heale, who wrote a book about Liz Truss’ rise to power that is not due to be released for 6 more weeks.

Larry Kudlow on Fox Business 9/23/22: "The new British prime minister, Liz Truss, has laid out a terrific supply-side economic growth plan which looks a lot like the basic thrust of Kevin McCarthy's Commitment to America plan.”

#OtD 6 Dec 1928 the banana massacre took place in Ciénaga, Colombia, when soldiers killed up to 2,000 striking workers of the United Fruit Co and their wives and children who were fighting for a day off per week and pay in money rather than coupons

1/Mikael Hammeryd -- paid for a car in advance. Arrived at Skyharbor and was told no cars. "wait for someone to turn one in." Thirty other customers lined up waiting in a dark garage, too. At 1 am on a Saturday night.

2/@herz offered me an EV. Exhausted, demoralized, I took it tho I need to x-country so --less than ideal. Now, turns out, no charger in trunk.

3/@herz 24 hours later, no replacement car. No charger. Oh, and I just checked my c-card and @herz charged me twice.

4/Mikael Hammeryd -terrible experience. Shouldn't there be some regulatory body? Some fraud protection? Meanwhile, EnterpriseRentACar --I'm coming back to you.

Such a fun lunch with Julia Borcherts from Kaye Publicity- so much insight! And Prague!

Celebrating it's 30th anniversary, STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT by Peg Tyre from Dead Sky Publishing will make the perfect gift for someone who loves to collect special editions and #crimethrillers! buff.ly/3sKSssj #SPWeek23 #DeadSkyPublishing #smallpressweek

And I was thrilled to help Peg Tyre even a little bit with her exploration of MCPS' new approach to increasing equitable access to advanced education. Always love visiting schools in my backyard, and seeing the Humanities magnet program at Eastern Middle School was no exception.

Good colleagues make good policy papers. Thank you, Liz Cohen for being my eyes and ears at MCPS

Thank you for reposting, Cathleen Healy. I worked hard on this piece and the reporting really changed my mind. The best kinda stories! FutureEd

After a year of study and reporting all over the country, my question is this: how did progressives, who had the right intentions, get it so wrong? And why is this argument stuck in the 1980s? AASA FutureEd The Hechinger Report

While skirmishes between advocates of traditional gifted education and their opponents make headlines, millions of capable students still need to be challenged. Good news: a third way in advanced education is emerging. Read Peg Tyre's report on it here: future-ed.org/excellence-wit…

"After a year of research, here are my (somewhat counterintuitive) conclusions: If we want a diverse workforce, we need more gifted education and more tracking." - Peg Tyre My New Project — Peg Tyre pegtyre.com/my-new-project