This book is essential reading for anyone interested in deciphering the sometimes dark complexities of faith and skepticism that dominate much of contemporary American culture and life.
A review of Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss and Brian Friedberg’s “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battle Upending Democracy in America.”
A review of Jesselyn Cook’s “The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family.”
Renée DiResta’s exceptional book examines the intricate architecture of online communication and its consequences.
In the closing months of a presidential election, this book is a valuable tool for understanding what drives too much of our contemporary politics.
A review of Arthur Goldwag’s “The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia.”
A review of Sarah Kendzior’s “They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent.”
Colin Dickey’s new book “Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy” reveals how throughout history conspiracies have allowed us to sidestep a reckoning with reality.
Kutztown University Professor Michael Gambone reviews this beautifully written, insightful, and poignant examination of our broken, and at times absurd, modern moment.
The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech.
“It is inconceivable that after decades of promises and political posturing, Congress has yet to pass a permanent solution for undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children and other undocumented people,” said Make the Road PA’s Armando Jiménez.
“Danny is a battle-tested patriot who represents the best of his generation. Bucks County will be safer with him as our Sheriff,” said former Bucks County Congressman Patrick Murphy.
We need a representative in Congress who engages not in sophistry, but in truth-telling, and one who has the courage to have in-person town halls open to all their constituents, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect.
