Opinion
Backlash: Women’s History Month in a Post-Roe World
Hell hath no fury like a woman deprived of her basic rights.
Martha Burk
March 1, 2024
Opinion
Opinion
MAGA’s Biden Impeachment Inquiry Dissolves as Star Witness Is Charged with Lying to the FBI, Leaving Questions for Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
The Bucks County Republican was fully aware that the foundation of the Republican impeachment inquiry into President Biden was unfounded from the start.
Kierstyn Zolfo
February 28, 2024
Opinion
Pennsylvania Can Lead the Nation to a Cleaner Future, Before It’s Too Late
Now is the time to take bold steps to leverage federal dollars, transform our energy systems, and secure a clean and healthy environment for generations to come.
Molly Parzen
February 28, 2024
Opinion
New Book Seeks to Understand the MAGA-fication of the American Evangelical Church in Order to Fix it
A review of Tim Alberta’s “The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism.”
Zackari Bourgeois
February 26, 2024
Opinion
Philadelphia Mayor Might Consider These Lessons from New York City Before Expanding Stop-and-Frisk
The greater use of stop-and-frisk could lead to a myriad of unwanted consequences, such as lawsuits against the city, greater racial disparities in the criminal justice system, citizen unrest, and distrust of the police.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 25, 2024
Opinion
A Time for Heroes
Bucks County’s Joe Sundeen reviews Liz Cheney’s “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning.”
Joe Sundeen
February 23, 2024
Opinion
Letters: America First Redux, Yet Another Reason Not to Vote for Trump, and Do-Nothing Republicans
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 22, 2024
Opinion
OPINION: GOP Incompetence or Complicity?
Any way you look at it, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is part of the problem of the Republican Party’s growing, and unchecked, extremism.
Steve Cickay
February 22, 2024
Opinion
Giving Students the Tools to Fight Hate
When politicians remove historical and cultural context from education, we need to help students build resilience.
Shauna Taradash
February 20, 2024
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
July 3, 2025
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
July 2, 2025
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Supreme Court Provides Cover for Bigotry Draped in the Fig Leaf of Religion With LGBTQ School Books Decision
July 1, 2025
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
Head Start in Bucks County Saved, Federal Funding Extended for Next 5 Years
June 30, 2025
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Regulatory Sandbox Proposed by Republican Pennsylvania Lawmaker Would Allow Businesses to Sidestep State Environmental Regulations
June 30, 2025
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
