Monday, 22 June 2020

The Lynching of Thomas Jeremiah

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In the spring of 1775, as South Carolina moved towards rebellion against British rule, frantic rumors swirled through the colony and its cap...
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Thursday, 18 June 2020

Moving the Dead: From Churchyards to Cemeteries

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When we visit old churches in Europe and the Americas, say older than the mid-19th century, we expect to find graves in the churchyards and ...
Sunday, 7 June 2020

American Exceptionalism Revisited

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I originally wrote this piece a while back, while still under the illusion that the USA retained SOME potential as a force for good. Trum...
Thursday, 14 May 2020

Yellow Fever and Quarantine in Charleston, South Carolina

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During the Covid pandemic, countries, states, localities faced a stark choice: should they restrict human interaction by restricting commerc...
Thursday, 9 April 2020

Finding a Scapegoat for Pandemics: Black Death to Trump Virus

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Ever since Donald Trump stopped calling Covid-19/coronavirus a hoax, he has been engaged in an age-old response to disease epidemics and p...
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Sunday, 5 April 2020

The Boy Who Cried Wolf; Or, A Pandemic of Lies

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The people of the village of Great Cockup were afraid of wolves. In order to protect the village against wolves, they hired a new Chi...
Wednesday, 1 April 2020

The Orange Piper of Shamelin: A Pandemic Fairy Tale

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Shamelin was the richest, most powerful, most envied country on the planet Zed. Yet, somehow many of the Shamelians were discontented....