A “Demitasse” History of Britain’s Temperance Coffee TavernsI have lived in southern New England for a while now, and it used to be that I could count on winter’s being, well, wintry. Snow fell and it stuck around. In recent years, however, the winter weather has tended to be at once monotonous and unsettled: alternately gloomy and…
A Piece I Wrote for Compact MagazineFor Compact Magazine I wrote a piece on a prominent fitness and health influencer thrilling the political far right. In about 4,000 words, you'll find out about him, as well as the germ of neoliberalism in C19 Germany, goin’ coconuts in the South Pacific, and a murky…
“Where All Hearts Meet Together”: Washington Irving’s “Old Christmas”A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. –From an old song
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