In my more than 30 years of covering crime and the cops in Philadelphia, I’ve come to know a good number of police officers; from patrolmen to detectives, from narcotics officers to bomb squad officers, and from sergeants to chief inspectors, deputy commissioners, and commissioners. One recently retired sergeant that […]
Thom Nickels: Picturing sainthood
The photographer says that Mother Teresa “had the ability to see goodness in each person without judgment.”
By Thom Nickels
Kitchen Table Politics: Dennis Powell
Need summer reading options? Here’s one of interest to political afficionados.
Majority-Democrat school board enacts policy removing ‘Gender Queer’ from library
The unanimous vote followed a spirited discussion at Monday’s school board meeting.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Beth Ann Rosica: More on those so-called “banned books”
A deeper look into book selection in local school libraries.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Beth Ann Rosica: What books are really ‘banned’ in local school districts?
Despite the hype, there’s only one side limiting books and it’s not who you think.
By Beth Ann Rosica
State Senate advances bill to give parents the power to opt in or out of explicit content in school libraries
Senator Ryan Aument’s bill does not remove books from school library shelves, but gives parents power to choose what their kids can access.
By Olivia DeMarco
From the Editors: Haverford’s curriculum curation doesn’t get the same treatment as other districts’ in the mainstream press
When is a book ban not a book ban? When progressives are the ones trying to “ban” it.
By the Editors
Thom Nickels: The strange world of book signings
What attracts an audience to hear an author talk about a book is anybody’s guess.
By Thom Nickels
Mark Tapson: The media boycott of David Horowitz’s “Final Battle”
Why suppress this bestseller?
By Mark Tapson