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Bill Hite Has the Hardest Job in the Country

On the third Thursday of every month, William Hite is subjected to four hours of ritual torture. The sessions take place in an auditorium at […]

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As the clock wound down in the second quarter of the Eagles game against the middling Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the visitors had already piled on […]

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Donald Trump Is Frank Rizzo, Reborn

Rocco DiSipio is a small-business owner in a working-class neighborhood where times aren’t quite as good as they once were. He isn’t used to being […]

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A few months ago, I was walking to the train station when a squirrel hopped onto a nearby metal fence and stared at me with […]

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One of Us: Patty Jackson, WDAS-FM DJ

My name is … Patty Jackson. Well, that’s my air-personality name. My given name is Patricia Nolan, which is an Irish name, and they didn’t […]