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As readers of Phildelphia area newspapers know, a battle has been raging in the Central Bucks School District over how a number of sensitive cultural topics should be handled in the classrooms and …

I read the (Jan. 5 opinion piece in the Herald concerning taxes and spending in New Hope-Solebury schools and was alarmed. I consulted my own tax records, reviewed board meeting minutes and …

It was wit much dismay that I read in newspapers and listened to Philadelphia area news broadcasts discussing the mandate by the principal of Central Bucks South High School to instruct the librarian …

History Lives: James Michener

February 3, 2023, will be the 116th anniversary of James Michener’s birth. He had what was undoubtedly a hardscrabble childhood and yet had fond memories of his hometown.

Chatterbox: Earning our own confidence

On occasion, as people expound on things they find interesting, it’s not uncommon for some of us to, possibly, end up feeling like we’re from the shallow end of the gene pool. It happens. It …

I am a Tinicum Township resident, and I’m writing in response to a letter from Township Supervisor Rich Rosamilia. Mr. Rosamilia complains about biased reporting in the Herald, yet cites no …

Policy 321 enacted by the Central Bucks School District muzzles free education speech about tolerating human difference. It is especially astonishing that this draconian directive is happening in a …

The recent teacher protest claims “discrimination and bigotry” regarding Policy 321, which addresses LGBTQ issues in the classroom. One event cited was the removal of the Pride flags from …

I totally agree with Pat Smith regarding her view (Jan 19) on the Herald’s inclusion of the word “insurrection” in describing the January 6th happening at the U.S. Capitol. While the media …

Dear Congressman Fitzpatrick,You are currently viewed as among the most moderate of the GOP members. It is past time for George Santos to be removed from Congress. It is unimaginable that a person …

First, I want to say I am a proud member of the LGBTQ community who has been around long enough to remember the “Stonewall” riots and a time there was real discrimination. When gay clubs were …

Classifying drag performances as adult-oriented business

Editor’s Note: This is the full text of the memorandum that Sen. Doug Mastriano posted on Tuesday for all members of the Pennsylvania Senate.

When I heard a news broadcast that 40,000 women had joined the Ukrainian fighting forces, I immediately thought of Doylestown’s famous daughter, Margaret Mead. Her 1928 book, “Coming of Age in …

We can all help end human trafficking

January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Human trafficking, according the Department of Homeland Security is the “…use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor” …

On Friday, the world will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a symbolic date to commemorate the victims of Nazism. Murderous Nazi terror targeted millions for reasons of biology, …

The Union Horse Company of Doylestown Township and Vicinity

The Union Horse Company was founded circa 1835 at the Turk’s Head Hotel “for detecting and apprehending horse thieves and other …

Chatterbox: Lost in an instant

Here at Chatterbox, we’ve talked about the many things that technology has given us, and they’re not all bad; we’ve also talked about the many things that technology has given us that are not …

After receiving the gentleman from Franklin County’s memo late yesterday regarding “drag events,” I felt compelled to respond. While I disagree with the gentleman’s proposal as a matter of policy, I take particular exception to his distorted characterization of the Rainbow Room’s Queer Prom, a dance specifically arranged for LGBTQ+ youth in Bucks County.

Chatterbox: To every season ...

Recently, my grandson was playing a video game about the future of the planet’s environment. The objective is to save the Earth after the apocalypse.Of course, there’s an element of overcoming …

In a recent article submitted to the Bucks County Herald op-ed page by the Bucks County League of Women Voters (LWV) titled “Who didn’t vote in Bucks County,” the League addressed the fact that …

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