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Many of us face situations in which we must make a choice whether to be loyal to one cause or another. Some choices are easy. Do we want to shop at this same store today or try another one? Others…
For many years Charleston, South Carolina has been known as the ‘Holy City’. No one knows exactly who first uttered the phrase but it caught on, and now we see it everywhere from tourist websites to roofing companies. And walking…
If you are a genius, change the course of human history, and win a Nobel Prize in physics, you could get some bubbles named after you. Enrico Fermi was born in Rome in 1901. His mind developed quickly, and at…
Although in the 1730s the American colonies were still solidly part of the British Empire, there were hints that Americans were at times beginning to rise to the occasion of necessity without regard to British precedents. One such case involved…
In an essay about the importance of salt in the Roman economy, Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus wrote in 523AD: “Upon your industry all other products depend, for although there may be someone who does not seek gold, there never yet…
When Confederate soldiers fired their cannons at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861 and started the Civil War, they did so with a great deal of enthusiasm and optimism. But as the months went by, it became…
Almost every American knows the story of the 1587 lost colony on Roanoke Island. What happened to the estimated 120 men, women, and children is a mystery that has never been completely solved even after 400 years of intense research…
For decades before the turmoil and destruction of the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina had a small but thriving scientific community. Since a concern of the early Carolinians was for growing crops to both feed themselves and for profitable export…
From the day of our birth until the atoms that form us return to the cosmos, everything we do has a time to do it and a time to move on to something else. We each have a history, a…
Whether you are an omnivore, a vegetarian, or vegan, carbon atoms have traveled long and far from the cores of recycled stars in order to keep you alive. Your nourishment begins with photosynthesis, the process of green plants turning sunlight…
