Today, September 17th, 2020, Broad + Liberty celebrates its first birthday. As we reflect upon the last year of offering perspectives that are increasingly completely shut out by other outlets, and on fighting for political, cultural, and economic freedom in local – under rather dire circumstances – we keep coming back to […]
Jesse Topper: Never remove the “people” from “we, the people”
The Wolf Administration ignored the other branches of Pennsylvania Government and failed to provide transparency and accountability, ignoring the Constitutions of the United States and Pennsylvania.
By Jesse Topper
A birthday statement from U.S. Attorney McSwain
A message on this special day, the 231st birthday of the U.S. Constitution and the FIRST birthday of Broad + Liberty.
By Bill McSwain
J. Christian Adams: Philadelphia elections juiced with Chicago cash
Have the Philadelphia City Commissioners given up uniformity and fairness in exchange for a cash grant?
By J. Christian Adams
Todd Shepherd: Sen. Toomey dunks on Democrats’ plan to end filibuster
Toomey dismisses Democrats’ attempt to kill the filibuster as a dangerous display of partisanship.
By Todd Shepherd
Dave Lemery: Federal judge tosses Wolf administration’s limits on gatherings, orders closing businesses
Federal Judge William Stickman ruled that Gov. Wolf’s restrictions violated the First and 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
By Dave Lemery
Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. I): Introduction
Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part one in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone
Larry Platt: Does police reform include better policing?
You wouldn’t know we’re in the midst of a murder epidemic listening to the virtual panels hosted by Philadelphia’s City Council & Mayor.
By Larry Platt
Todd Shepherd: PA politics among least competitive in U.S., analysis finds
Are term limits the solution to boost competition in our state elections?
By Todd Shepherd
Linda A. Kerns: All of this kneeling before our flag suggests some of us have already forgotten
How quickly we forgot – not only those who lost their lives in the line of duty, but also the weary men and women who showed up day after day post 9-11 to sort through the rubble to look for survivors and then the remains of the souls lost, all while anguished by their own personal situations and a nation rocked by sorrow.
By Linda A. Kerns