Stick around for the recipe below! Despite being born and raised in a Northeastern Pennsylvania coal community, I never tasted the region’s peculiar holiday drink known as boilo until the year I left home. This honey-sweetened, high-octane, mulled whiskey is traditionally enjoyed in Pennsylvania Coal Region homes over the holidays. […]
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I knew I would be a father someday. I just assumed it would happen the normal way. My wife Whitney had other ideas. She suggested that, instead of going the traditional biological route, we should become foster parents. After some long conversations, she had me onboard, too. I wrote the […]
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My family sat down to watch the first episode of HBO’s “Watchmen” last October. Stephen Williams, the director, included quick cuts of gunshots, explosions, citizens fleeing roaming mobs, and even a plane dropping bombs. We’ve come to anticipate these elements in superhero films. As the sepia-toned footage spooled across the […]
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In the rural South, the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming a silent disaster. As rural residents commute to jobs in cities and transportation hubs, they’re being exposed to the virus and bringing it home to a population already at risk. Chronic diseases that can lead to more severe COVID-19 symptoms are […]
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