From Valley Forge to Gettysburg, the Keystone state is still vital to the American experiment. Join Broad + Liberty in the fight for freedom.
By Terry Tracy
Paul Davis: Remembering political satirist P.J. O’Rourke
The conservative writer and humorist died at age 74.
By Paul Davis
Lucas Morel: Lincoln, The Founders, and the rights of human nature
There was no greater influence on Abraham Lincoln’s statesmanship than the leading men, and especially the seminal ideas, that shaped America’s revolution and early constitutional formation.
By Lucas Morel
Thom Nickels: The new censorship
In the mid-1900s, the banning of books and films was associated with conservatism. But the targets of censorship have changed. What was once condemned by the Left is now celebrated.
By Thom Nickels
Isabel Blank: Democrats need a lesson in civility
Incivility in politics has become common place. It’s time to demand that those who represent us also represent our values.
By Isabel Blank
Albert Eisenberg & Farah Jimenez: Why we’re launching a Pennsylvania program to train the next generation of diverse freedom fighters
Over a dozen O. V. Catto Fellows are building a movement for freedom, shared prosperity, and liberty — one that transcends identity, religion, race.
By Albert Eisenberg & Farah Jimenez
The Editors: The Black Lives Matter crusade conservatives should get behind
Philadelphians should embrace capitalism and American ideals as pathways to racial equalities–not as obstacles.
By The Editors
Marc Ang: “RINO” and “Racist” are conversation enders — nuance, please
Cancelation of opposing viewpoints, on both the right and the left, are creating echo chambers that we need to break free from.
By Marc Ang
Howard Lurie: On transgender kids, children’s brains, and perception vs. biology
The public is being told that a trans child’s body is not right, and their brain is. Shouldn’t we at least entertain the possibility that the opposite is true?
By Howard Lurie
A Memorial Day stained by national dissension
Although the Civil War ended more than 155 years ago, America is again adrift in a sea of dissension. Right-wing extremists carrying Confederate flags in Congress on January 6 and left-wing extremists toppling statues of Union soldiers and abolitionists last summer harm our country’s ability to unify in remembrance of our fallen heroes this Memorial Day.
By Chris Gibbons