American 2024 Presidential Election. I was fascinated by the process whereby Biden stayed so long thereby making it almost impossible, and as it turns out, impossible, to have an effective campaign. Harris may supply some of the missing pieces.

www.theglobeandmail.com

In her new book, 107 Days, the former U.S. vice-president recounts what she and others did wrong in the 2024 campaign after President Joe Biden stepped aside

Identical tests were not used.

"A 2022 report from United for Literacy showed that 49 per cent of the adult population in Canada scored below the literacy levels expected of high school students. Seventeen per cent reportedly scored at the lowest level. Despite increasing rates of literacy globally, Canadians don’t typically spend their leisure time reading, which eventually reduces their overall capability to comprehend complex writing."

https://u-channel.ca/how-much-do-canadians-read/#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20nearly%2052%20million,per%20cent%20of%20the%20market.

I moved to Southern California as a teenager following my older sister after she graduated from Johns Hopkins with an advanced nursing degree and accepted a job at Presbyterian Hospital in San Francisco.

I landed in Santa Monica and on long weekends a friend and I would take the six hour drive in a volkswagen Bug and spend it with Janet and her four roommates in their massive apartment.

Tony Bennett's iconic, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" played over and over again often closing out a busy day touring the city with five young women. My friend and I thought this must be what Heaven will be like.

They even thought my teenage antic of yelling, "Hi Dad," across from Alcatraz funny.

I hope you have similar memories which rise up frequently giving you equal pleasure as San Francisco with Janet does for me.