You don’t have to believe in ghosts to feel Charleston’s pulse after dark. Walk its cobblestone streets on a humid night, when the live oaks lean low and the gas lamps hum, and you’ll understand what I mean. This city doesn’t just remember its past—it lives with it. I’ve been…
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Ghosts in Casinos and America’s Second-Favorite Holiday
The Ghost Hunt That Wasn’t — and Why We Still Want to Believe Halloween season doesn’t just bring costumes and candy. It brings headlines that walk the fine line between true and too good to check. Last week, the internet went wild over a story that the historic El Cortez…
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A Roman Soldier Walks Into a New Orleans Backyard
How a 2nd-Century Headstone Became Louisiana Lawn Décor It’s not every day you find a 2nd-century Roman tombstone while trimming the hedges — but this is New Orleans, where time and logic both sweat through their shirts before noon. When Tulane anthropologist Daniella Santoro and her husband Aaron Lorenz started…
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When Outrage Becomes Oxygen – How the Entertainment Era Turned Politics Into a Blood Sport
A South Carolina judge’s house burns to the ground. An election worker quits after being doxxed for following the law. A school board meeting devolves into a viral clip designed to make one side look stupid. We scroll past it all and barely blink. That numbness—that casual acceptance of civic…