Off driving to dinner tonight, I was caught on traffic on the Schuykill (pronounced “Skoo-kill”) Expressway and fumbled around on the radio, looking for NPR.<\/p>\n
Found it.<\/p>\n
It’s Pledge Week here in Philadelphia ….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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