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Liberalism and Abortion
Roe's demise kicks abortion rights to the halls of state legislatures. Voter attitudes about abortion are now vital. But it's hard to win over hearts…
Nick Russo
Jun 24
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The fine line between flagellation and respect
Drinking habits and graveyard diners // God, guilt, and griddle grease
Nick Russo
Jun 18
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The Three-legged Dog
In the first of the boxy brick rowhomes caddy-corner from my apartment lives a three-legged dog. I sit at my living room window and I watch it trotting…
Nick Russo
Jun 13
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BAP can't fly in a cage
Or, Notes from the Ridge Avenue Wawa
Nick Russo
Jun 11
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The Life of a Clear Cut
On forests and people and destruction and time
Nick Russo
Jun 6
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The Dissociative Pout is Already Dead
All the cool kids are reassociating
Nick Russo
May 31
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MSG in the Temple of Liberty
Michael Jordan and the lust for greatness // the urban crisis and the (other) end of history
Nick Russo
May 24
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May 18, 2022
Two trash-related updates, two dumpsites, two cleanups, two song recs
Nick Russo
May 18
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Everything Matters
Everything Everywhere All at Once and the "crisis of meaning"
Nick Russo
May 11
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We Can End the Garbage Deluge
Two signs that Philly's leaders are ready to make use of two solutions to the trash crisis
Nick Russo
May 5
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White Picket Fence: Digging Deeper with Timothy J. Lombardo
The latest edition of the Inquirer's "A More Perfect Union" is a good place to start exploring how racism shaped Philly's suburbs. Historian Timothy J…
Nick Russo
Apr 29
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Recovering Intimacy
On dating apps, the death of intimacy, and the possibility of resuscitation - lessons from Walker Percy, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Caroline…
Nick Russo
Apr 22
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