As President Joe Biden begins to get comfortable in the White House, there are those who might say that America, under a democratic system of government, has once again allowed the voice of her people to be heard, and that they have elected a new leader into office. Some might go so far as to say that the world’s most affluent democracy has once again proved that government of the people, by the people, for the people is alive and well.
But just below the surface, there are questions deserving of a deeper examination. One is how narrow the margins of victory were. For while it is true that President Biden won the highest number of votes in American electoral history, it is also true that President Trump won the second-highest number of votes in American electoral history; 10 million more people voted for President Trump in 2020 than did so in 2016. Mr Biden’s margin of victory in Georgia was 0.48 per cent, while that in Arizona was 0.63 per cent. Further, even as the Democrats b
MLB Elevates Negro Leagues to Major League Status
Major League Baseball announced yesterday that the league is correcting a longtime oversight in the game s history by officially elevating the Negro Leagues to Major League status. This according to a press release from Major League Baseball.
With this action Major League Baseball wants to ensure that future generations of baseball fans will remember the approximately 3,400 players of the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is quoted in the release as saying:
All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game’s best players, innovations and triumphs against a backdrop of injustice. We are now grateful to count the players of the Negro Leagues where they belong: as Major Leaguers within the official historical record.