Opinion
Poem: Donald Trump, America’s Hypnotist
Bucks County poet Steve Nolan wrote this prose reaction to last week’s election.
Steve Nolan
November 13, 2024
Steve Nolan
Opinion
Here’s What Project 2025 Has Planned for the Military
Imagine a military sworn to defend Trump and the MAGA movement instead of the United States Constitution.
Steve Nolan
October 20, 2024
Opinion
Trump’s Use of Arlington National Cemetery as a Campaign Prop Just Another Insult to the Nation’s Military Veterans
I hope that one day soon my nation will regain its footing enough to prevent traitors, looking for self-serving photo ops, from desecrating this hallowed ground, writes military veteran Steve Nolan.
Steve Nolan
September 4, 2024
Opinion
Engineering Trumpland: The Elon Musk Interview
The only good thing about a malignant narcissist is that they frequently telegraph what they are going to do—even brag about it.
Steve Nolan
August 16, 2024
Opinion
Me the People: Trump’s 2024 Republican National Convention Speech
His garish display of self-worship took many forms, from giant portraits with blood on his face and fist raised in defiance, to his clarion call to “fight, fight, fight,” writes military veteran Steve Nolan.
Steve Nolan
July 19, 2024
Opinion
The Biden-Trump Debate: A Question of Patriotism
Steve Nolan, a 30-year military veteran and author of “American Carnage: An Officer’s Duty to Warn,” explains why so many journalists’ and pundits’ takes on last week’s debate miss the mark.
Steve Nolan
July 1, 2024
News
Ukrainian Poet Uses Her Craft as Wartime Witnessing
Halyna Kruk’s “A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails” documents the carnage of war, but does not exclude the things that refuse to be extinguished by suffering.
Steve Nolan
June 3, 2024
Opinion
OPINION: The MAGA Movement Betrays the United States Military
Steve Nolan, a 30-year military veteran and author of “American Carnage: An Officer’s Duty to Warn,” explains why Trump is unfit to hold even the lowest rank within the military, let alone lead our country as Commander in Chief.
Steve Nolan
May 18, 2024
Opinion
OPINION: Rolling Stone Goes Cherry-Picking with Critique of Pentagon Report
Bucks County Veteran Steve Nolan believes the DOD was right to examine extremism within the military’s ranks, but that the media outlet’s coverage of it was misleading.
Steve Nolan
February 2, 2024
Democratic Moms Running for Office Made a Splash Across Pennsylvania
November 16, 2024
Vote Mama PAC-endorsed candidates achieved a 71% win rate in the commonwealth.
The Fight Over Counting Mail Ballots with Incorrect Dates Takes Center Stage in Pennsylvania Senate Race Recount
November 16, 2024
Democrats cast more mail-in ballots than Republicans, and Democrats in the past have supported counting ballots that trip over what they view as meaningless clerical requirements in state law.
Strengthening Community Voices: Climate Justice Community Listening Event Coming to Bucks County
November 15, 2024
The event will be held November 20 at the Northampton library from 6-7:30 p.m. to unearth community insights from Bucks County residents and community-serving organizations to support the design of a Climate Justice Fund.
Building A Greater Society Starts Locally
November 15, 2024
2025 represents a huge opportunity for a new generation of leadership to rise up and fill important roles throughout Bucks County.
‘Mourning the Living’: New Book Explores How QAnon and Conspiracy Theories Are Leaving a Trail of Shattered American Families in Its Wake
November 13, 2024
A review of Jesselyn Cook’s “The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family.”