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    The GOP 2024  presidential nominees who‘ve qualified to participate in  the first  debate will stand before the American people, on national TV.  They’ll attempt to convince Republican Voters of their presidential leadership Prowess as well as  share their views towards solving major issues facing the Nation. Nevertheless, this event will constitute a debate or debacle based on questions asked, the responses provided, and the participants’ courage to attack America’s, as well as their own, greatest nemesis, Trump.

     Several countries around the world have reported the worst fires in decades. Wildfires have firefighters battling fires which they cannot control, and many families are forced to evacuate their neighborhoods with no solution in sight. 2023 is one of the hottest years on record and climate change is impacting the weather.

     Besides having difficulty wrapping my head around how much money was spent – and how much was lost – in a cause many reputable political scientists have characterized as “American Adventurism in Afghanistan,” I became angry at the members of Congress who refuse to spend any tax dollars at all to help African Americans in our own country recover from the damage caused by centuries of slavery, racial abuse, and intentional neglect.

      Rotarian Al Jubitz, founder of the War Prevention Initiative, has pointed out an ill-starred coincidence: the town of Lahaina was burning on the anniversary day, even at the very hour (11:02 a.m. in Japan is 4:02 p.m. in Maui) that the United States dropped its second nuclear weapon on the people of Nagasaki back in 1945. 

      Though he gave credit to another social scientist who expressed the concept, it was Alfred Korzybski who, in 1931, coined the expression, “The map is not the territory.” In other words, an idealized model of anything is not the thing.

     EVs require six times the mineral input of an ordinary car. Mainly because of the heavy lithium battery, EV production releases nearly 70 percent more greenhouse gases than are produced in an ordinary car’s manufacture.

     After a few weeks off to engage in professional development or much needed personal care, Florida’s teachers are ready to welcome students back for the 2023-2024 school year. However, when Floridians express apprehension about teaching the standards because they feel that this will make them “lie to the kids,” we should listen.