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Posts published by “Zack Anderson”

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The song made millions, just not for the Zulu man who wrote it. http://reprints.longform.org/in-the-jungle

Death in the Watchtower

The unsolved mystery of an American soldier dying far from home.https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-soldier-who-died-in-the-watchtower

Lost in the Valley of Death

Hindu charlatans and naive Americans on the treacherous path to enlightenment.https://www.outsideonline.com/2373446/justin-alexander-shetler-missing-parvati-valley

Rain

RainRain, midnight rain, nothing but the wild rainOn this bleak hut, and solitude, and meRemembering again that I shall dieAnd neither hear the rain nor give it thanksFor washing me cleaner than I have beenSince…

Glossary: Night

From arousal disorder to Zeitgebers, the language of the night.-- by Leopold Froelich, Lapham's Quarterly arousal disorder: A parasomniac disorder (e.g., sleepwalking, sleep terrors, or confusional arousals) presumably caused by abnormal awakening function. bolide: A bright meteor that fragments…

Intrigue at Standing Rock

A corporate agent infiltrates the anti-pipeline movement.https://theintercept.com/2018/12/30/tigerswan-infiltrator-dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock/

Forbidden Mecca (1853)

It was a dangerous journey; any misstep could have cost him his life. In 1853 intrepid British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as an Islamic pilgrim and made the trek into the heart…

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