Three Issues: Has Anyone Actually Summitted the Highest Mountains? A University Recruits 50 Esports Athletes? Does Liz Cheney's Stance Matter? Are These Issues A "Big Deal" or "Not a Big Deal?"

The Best Paragraph I've Read: "There is a summit. And then there is everything below it.  Can close ever be good enough?  Revelations from a team of respected researchers have thrust that question into the open like never before, putting special attention on the world’s highest mountains and most acclaimed climbers.  By asking a simple-sounding question — What is the summit? — the researchers are raising doubts about past accomplishments and raising standards for future ones.  Maybe they are making us all reconsider just what it means to reach the top." This paragraph comes from the New York Times in an article titled: "Has Anyone Really Summited the World's 14 Highest..."  The article is written by John Branch.  You can read the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/sports/tallest-mountain-summit.html#:~:text=Only%2044%20people%20have%20reached,people%20who%20chronicle%20such%20things. Another Best Paragraph I've Read: LTU has built an Esports arena, a former meeting room that now boasts custom-built gaming computers with high-end monitors, a coach’s station, and a 4K big-screen TV for players to go over game film after a competition. The equipment also includes special video gaming chairs and headsets. This paragraph comes from an article in The Oakland Press.  The title is: "Lawrence Tech Recruiting up to 50 varsity Esports athletes."  The article is written by Staff Reports.  You can read the article here: https://www.theoaklandpress.com/sports/lawrence-tech-recruiting-up-to-50-varsity-esports-athletes/article_00d59976-b270-11eb-9488-f7e991573379.html A Final Best Paragraph I've Read: For Republicans, the question is whether they are willing to break with their own party, or at least criticize it honestly, to speak up for democracy. That’s not an easy thing to do. There are many Americans who believe in both democracy and a conservative agenda — less regulation, strict abortion laws, few gun restrictions, tight border security, strong support for police departments and churches. These Americans no longer have a comfortable partisan home… ... ...  Cheney’s   stance matters because she is a pro-gun, anti-abortion,   anti-regulation, deeply conservative Republican.  “The   Republican Party is sliding into authoritarianism at a terrifyingly rapid   clip,” Jonathan Chait has   written in New York magazine. “That fate of American democracy is the biggest   issue in American politics.” This paragraph comes from the New York Times in an article titled: "Why Liz Cheney Matters."  The article is written by David Leonhardt.  You can here the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/briefing/liz-cheney-ouster-gop-democracy.html