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THIS MONTH'S INTERNET EXPRESS COLUMN by Irene McDermott is rife with information on how to resist the encroachments of the new administration. If you agree with the underlying principles, the column is a must-read and a please-act entreaty. If you do not, well, I, for one, believe you should keep a watchful eye out as a diligent citizen of both the United States and the internet for incoming facts and at least resist fake news. To help with the latter function, I can recommend the March/April Internet Express column, "The Fire Hose of Falsehood: Fake News and the 2016 Presidential Election" (pp. 27-29).
But what else can you do? What could or should all citizens work for? Two improvements come to mind. First, offering all Americans real choices in selecting their congressional representation. Second, electoral college reform so that the winner of the popular vote actually gets the job.
In regard to the first, Ballotpedia, an objective and reliable source, reports:
Elections were held for all 435 U.S. House seats in 2016. Heading into the election, Republicans held a majority of 246 seats to Democrats' 186, while three seats were vacant pending special elections. In the vast majority of those races, the party of the winning candidate was all but...