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Jeffrey Womack

Twilight in the Pews, Part 2

In 2020, conservative White Christians’ support for Trump has come to seem normal. But in 2016 it was actually a surprise.

6 min readJan 25, 2021

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Twilight in the Pews, Part 2

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Jeffrey Womack

Twilight in the Pews, 1 of ?

White conservative Christians made a bet with Trump that has gone catastrophically — and predictably — awry.

4 min readJan 12, 2021

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Twilight in the Pews, 1 of ?

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Jeffrey Womack

Reminder: today’s Covid counts tell you how bad it was a week or so ago.

(Today is probably worse.)

4 min readNov 30, 2020

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Reminder: today’s Covid counts tell you how bad it was a week or so ago.

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Jeffrey Womack

Reopening the Dojo During Covid-19: A Proposal

The following is the text of a proposal that I developed to reopen the dojo where I am an aikido student, Aikikai of Philadelphia. Like…

13 min readAug 10, 2020

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Reopening the Dojo During Covid-19: A Proposal

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Jeffrey Womack

So You Stockpiled at the Grocery Store…

There is a specific way to think about stockpiling that can be a public health benefit. Do hoarding right.

6 min readMar 19, 2020

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So You Stockpiled at the Grocery Store…

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Jeffrey Womack

You Should Be Socially Distancing, but Don’t Ignore the Risks

The things we don’t think about are the things that get us.

4 min readMar 18, 2020

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You Should Be Socially Distancing, but Don’t Ignore the Risks

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Jeffrey Womack

The Risk of a Nuclear Catastrophe is Rising

What the Trump administration misunderstands is that a nuclear war will probably result from someone screwing up.

14 min readAug 23, 2019

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The Risk of a Nuclear Catastrophe is Rising

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Jeffrey Womack

The Golden Rule of Technology is that humans are more technologically clever than wise.

We never wonder whether the light at the end of the tunnel might be an oncoming train.

10 min readJul 29, 2019

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The Golden Rule of Technology is that humans are more technologically clever than wise.

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Jeffrey Womack

Jeffrey Womack

Ph.D. historian in Philadelphia. I’m also a dad, an occasional home-brewer and SCUBA diver, and a cook. jeffreycwomack.com @jeffreycwomack

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