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An award-winning political journalist, John L. Micek is the Opinion Editor and Political Columnist for PennLive/The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. Readers may follow him on Twitter @ByJohnLMicek

What Book Bans Are Really About

John Micek - April 25, 2022

Billionaires Left Earth, But Couldn’t Escape Its Problems

John Micek - August 1, 2021

Even with District of Columbia v. Heller, Shira Goodman thinks it's possible for Congress and the nation to rally around an assault weapons ban.

Why don’t we enact an assault weapons ban?

John Micek - March 26, 2019

The conservative Family Research Council's overwhelming interest in promoting families extends little further than a woman's womb.

There’s nothing pro-family about the Family Research Council

John Micek - March 15, 2019

The experience of two Republican lawmakers from Pennsylvania tells us a lot about the state of the GOP in 2019.

What two Republicans tell us about today’s GOP

John Micek - March 1, 2019

America the melting pot? A new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute casts some unsettling doubt on that core myth.

America the melting pot? Not so fast.

John Micek - February 26, 2019

Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers, both Republicans, announced plans for legislation that would ban abortion based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome.

The front line in the abortion fight is closer than you...

John Micek - February 19, 2019

Trump makes predatory lending great again

John Micek - February 11, 2019

Gizmodo reported on Trump's fake photos in which his body was slimmed, his wrinkles and hair were smoothed, and his fingers were made slightly longer.

Trump’s fake photos mask a larger truth

John Micek - January 26, 2019

What would Jefferson think of the government shutdown?

John Micek - January 8, 2019

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