Sunday January 24, 2021 - 03:05:00 PM Several weeks ago, I was invited to participate in my first podcast an event hosted by World BEYOND War. WBW is a global organization devoted to promoting peaceful alternatives to local and geopolitical conflicts. WBW s concerns have been voiced by none other than Martin Sheen, who appears in a number of WBW videos. Here s one example:
Martin Sheen Talks to World Beyond War
The participants (myself included) were all members of the WBW board. They included: Donnal Walter (Arkansas), Odile Hugonot Haber (Michigan), John Reuwer (Vermont), Alice Slater (New York) and our host, Marc Eliot Stein. We were invited to discourse on matters including Trumpism, cultural divides, the Green New Deal, deeper issues and hopeful solutions. The topic was an assessment of the current and imminent state of the USA. (You can listen to the podcast here.)
Will GOP challenge to Biden victory lead to the demise of the Electoral College? Print this article
The Republican move to object to the certification of the 2020 election results on Wednesday has some wondering, even hopeful, if the long-shot bid to overturn President-elect Joe Biden s win will lead to the Electoral College s demise.
Regardless of whether the effort to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by President Trump and his allies is successful, proponents of abolishing the current Electoral College system have some fresh material.
Noting that only one Republican presidential candidate has won the national popular vote in the last 32 years, a group of GOP House members Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, Ken Buck of Colorado, Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Tom McClintock of California, and Chip Roy of Texas released a statement saying they don’t support objecting to the certification in part because of the prec
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The Shout Out
Retired homicide prosecutor Carlos Vega recently announced plans to challenge DA Larry Krasner in the May Democratic Primary.
Your turn:
City’s COVID response too much for PW readers
Philadelphia Weekly recently posted a social media poll asking people to rate the city’s response to COVID-19.
The results:
41 percent: Fair and responsible
4 percent: No longer paying attention
What do you think? Send your comments to voices@philadelphiaweekly.com.
Compact would ensure candidate with most votes wins
It’s simple, really. Majority rules. Or it should.
But when it comes to electing a president, that’s not always what happens. In the U.S., the president isn’t really elected by the people. In this country, the president is elected by the Electoral College. One candidate can get millions more votes than the other candidate and still lose. The minority can rule.