FILE – Casino mogul Steve Wynn pauses at a news conference in Medford, Mass., on March 15, 2016. The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb 8, 2024, dismissed a defamation lawsuit against The Associated Press based on a story about accounts to Las Vegas police from two women who alleged sexual misconduct by former casino mogul Wynn.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)BOLZANO, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Dog sniffing the used masks on January 18, 2021 in Bolzano, Italy. These dogs are trained to sniff the Covid-19 infections by Molecolar Dog Italy, a company created on the purpose to work with the Bolzano local health organization, the first in Italy to perform this kind of investigations. Masks are put into single paper cups by the students and taken away from the class, then if the dogs sniffs a potential Covid-19 case, he/she crouches in front of the infected cup and the student undergoes a swab to confirm the infection. (Photo by Alessio Coser/Getty Images)
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold speaks in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will take up a historic case that could decide whether Donald Trump is ineligible for the 2024 ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Demonstrators hold a banner outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will take up a historic case that could decide whether Donald Trump is ineligible for the 2024 ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
This artist sketch depicts the scene in the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments about the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that former President Donald Trump should be removed from the primary ballot, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. Jonathan Mitchell, right, a former Texas solicitor general, argues on behalf of former President Donald Trump, as Shannon Stevenson, the solicitor general of Colorado, sits behind Mitchell, before arguing on behalf of Colorado’s secretary of state. Listening from left are Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
It was the best compliment that he’d ever received although the person who gave it likely never knew. It had been an off-hand observation on his ability to hold a conversation and actually add pertinent information to it on practically any topic. Although he hadn’t consciously strived to be able to do so, he’d started to voraciously read the news when he couldn’t keep up on topics his friends discussed because their conversations went above his head. The fact that someone had noticed enough to compliment him that he could talk intelligently about many topics meant that he had succeeded in his quest to be better informed.
