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Having been founded by primarily English and Barbadian settlers in 1670, by 1700 Charles Towne in what is now South Carolina was growing rapidly. The town site had been moved from its original 1670 location on the west side of…
Water is a contradiction. A molecule of water is made of hydrogen, which is extremely flammable, and oxygen, which although it does not burn by itself, is a great facilitator if fire. Oxygen makes fires burn brighter, and without oxygen,…
There are ruins of an old plantation house at Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site in Charleston, South Carolina whose history covers many of the poignant events that made Charleston the interesting city it is today. Like a lot of…
Two passages in the ancient Hebrew bible by prophets or holy men who claimed to have been inspired by Yahweh, point out the extreme opinions people can have concerning the issue of war and peace. Both of these writers felt…
As the ship Berkeley Bay slowly turned northwest out of the Atlantic Ocean into what would later be called South Carolina’s North Edisto River, Lt. Colonel Robert Sandford leaned against the rail to get a good look at the lush,…
Could tree roots and leaves be Another chicken and egg perplexity? Which came first: the flow of carbohydrates from leaf photosynthesis flowing down the inner bark of trees through phloem tissues bringing needed sugars into each of the tree’s cells…
We live with our flaws and prejudices, and must live with the flaws and prejudices of our fellow humans. Long ago we gave up expecting that we could become completely reasonable and rational human beings. Yet, we continue to desire…
The Preamble to the United States Constitution reads: We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the…
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a wave! It’s a particle! Actually, it’s a quantum of electromagnetic energy that exhibits wave-particle duality that was emitted by an electron that had been disturbed by the hot and high-pressure fusion of a…
We are young. We homo sapiens are barely a few heartbeats old compared to the long evolution of this molecular complexity we call life. Someone used the analogy of comparing the time of human existence to the length of our…
