Someone from around these parts develops a taste for country music, moves to Nashville to follow a dream, and after…
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I wake up this morning to two predictable items — the Mummers Parade, and the Inquirer throwing shade. “Mayor Jim…
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Stereotypes are usually wrong, including this one, but what the hell is going on with American young people? Does this…
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