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News

LNP denies trying to ‘water down’ or ‘silence’ Smucker op-ed, despite wanting to ‘qualify’ it

August 19, 2025September 2, 2025
Bradley Vasoli

According to a May 9 editorial in LNP|Lancaster Online, “It’s been a devastating and frightening year, to say the least, for transgender people.” […]

Free Speech

Andy Bloom: Some people’s First Amendment rights are more equal than others

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023
Andy Bloom
4

Conservatives are right to notice that their free speech rights are being shut down to protect the liberal establishment’s feelings.
By Andy Bloom

Free Speech

Tredyffrin/Easttown backs down from censorship of Conestoga High School newspaper

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
Linda Stein

After rebuke from free speech lawyers, the district now claims they never raised the “equity” claim in their censorship efforts.
By Linda Stein

Education

Central Bucks School Board approves “politics in classroom” policy

January 11, 2023January 12, 2023
Linda Stein
1

The policy sparked controversy as the board reaffirmed its commitment to keeping teachers’ personal politics out of the classroom.
By Linda Stein

Free Speech

Joe D’Orsie: The Twitter Files — let us not soon forget

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022
Joe D’Orsie
8

The Twitter Files show that an outrageously partisan leadership team knowingly limited conservative voices.
By Joe D’Orsie

Op-Ed

Kyle Sammin: No one is banning books in America

August 3, 2022October 23, 2023
Kyle Sammin
6

Conflating new standards in a school library — such as removing books with a level of pornographic content that they cannot even be shared in public school board meetings — with actual censorship is an obvious lie.

By Kyle Sammin

Education

Erie County school district removes “Gender Queer” book, while debate still roils in other districts

June 1, 2022June 5, 2022
Todd Shepherd
5

School districts deal with controversy over whether the book — and its graphic images — belongs in schools.
By Todd Shepherd

Civic Culture

Thom Nickels: The new censorship

January 17, 2022January 18, 2022
Thom Nickels
1

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

Education

Michael Torres: Student-enforced censorship at Pennsylvania’s private colleges

October 25, 2021October 19, 2021
Michael Torres
1

Data and reports reveal a disturbing trend in America’s university campuses – student-led hostility to free speech is increasing in magnitude and scope.
By Michael Torres

Education

Stephen Wahrhaftig: West Chester School Board president crossed the line

August 10, 2021August 19, 2021
Stephen Wahrhaftig
4

The bullying of a mother into silence and the audacious lack of respect for members of the community by the school board illustrate a broader problem with politicians and bureaucrats in the West Chester area and beyond.
By Stephen Wahrhaftig

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Op-Ed

Thom Nickels: Come for the music, stay for the virtue-signaling

Thom Nickels: Come for the music, stay for the virtue-signaling

schedule February 04 2026
ink_pen Thom Nickels

The city’s last big Benjamin Franklin Parkway concert was a first-ever New Year’s Eve concert in 2025. Headlined by LL […]

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