Opinion
Reflecting on Social Justice Day in Times of Social Turmoil
Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan explains what social justice means to him.
Steve Nolan
February 20, 2023
Steve Nolan
Opinion
Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Two Years after the Insurrection
Hopefully, Merritt Garland will follow through on his promise that no one is above the law and that indictments and convictions will follow for the 45th President of the United States.
Steve Nolan
January 6, 2023
Opinion
Donald Trump and the Resurrection of Fascism
Just last week Trump entertained white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes for dinner.
Steve Nolan
November 28, 2022
Opinion
How Many Traitors Does it Take to Destroy a Democracy?
Lessons from the January 6th hearings in the run-up to next week’s election.
Steve Nolan
November 1, 2022
Opinion
How GOP Leadership Is Hurting the American Military
Our current GOP leadership is complicit in an attempt to destroy our current military institution by division from within.
Steve Nolan
September 30, 2022
Culture
Stained Glass
On the anniversary of the only atomic weapons ever used, this poem comes from thoughts about the horrors of war and the collateral damage that always results, whether WWII, Vietnam, or what I witnessed in Afghanistan. It’s true that you can’t meditate Hitler out of Poland or Putin out of Ukraine, but the cost of war takes it’s toll on the most innocent and stretches the credulity of our deepest religious convictions.
Steve Nolan
August 5, 2022
Opinion
This Fourth of July: A Question of Patriotism and the Survival of Our Democracy
Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan writes that for the first time in his life, he is approaching the Fourth of July with uncertainty about our freedoms and the existence of our Republic.
Steve Nolan
July 1, 2022
Opinion
Radicalized: The Grooming of Doug Mastriano
The Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor is unfit for office, writes Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan.
Steve Nolan
June 15, 2022
Opinion
Will Republicans Have To Be Discharged From Military Service?
Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan worries about the dangerous effects Trump and Trumpism has had on soldiers, sailors, airmen/airwomen, and marines.
Steve Nolan
May 27, 2022
PA-01 Democratic Congressional Candidate Bob Harvie Tells Voters at Town Hall He Wants to Revitalize the ‘American Dream’
August 8, 2025
Much of the night in Richlandtown was spent talking about topics such as health care, jobs, housing, and public service.
Pennsylvania Homeless Advocates Condemn Trump’s Plans to Punish the Unhoused, Involuntarily Commit Them
August 7, 2025
“Homelessness is caused by poverty,” said Estelle Richman, HUD Chief Operating Officer during the Obama administration. “These are poor people … Many of them are working. They just don’t have enough money to pay the rent.”
80 Years After the US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Nuclear Threat Remains Grave
August 5, 2025
Nuclear war is a real and present danger that we must acknowledge and confront, writes Ira Helfand.
Rivot Magazine Provides Bucks County a Much-needed Print Music and News Publication With a Punk Rock Ethos
August 4, 2025
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
DOJ’s Demand for State Voter Lists Are a Major Battleground in Fights Over Access to the Polls
August 4, 2025
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
