Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4123 )

• Web Dark

  

  I know, I know.  My hours are odd, but I’m not the only one awake at this time.  So home alone one weekend—hands slapping sides of face, mouth gaping open—I... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Little Flat

  

  I remember hearing about Flatliners when it came out. It was during an era when I wasn’t watching many movies and the idea of a movie all about dying bothered... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Bookseller’s Son

  

  Be kind. One of the best reasons, apart from innate rightness, is that we don’t know the burdens other people carry. Yes, some will tell us and others will... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Keeping Time

  

  How we keep time (or better, mark time) is fascinating to me.  Unlike our concept of schedules, the earth’s revolution and rotation do not give us evenly long... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Though This Be Madness

  

  Shakespeare could turn a phrase, alright. Along with the Bible he’s one of the two most unwittingly quoted sources in the English language. But he liked to... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Demons Again

  

  Exorcism is sexy these days. I fully understand why $100 books on it escape attention, but I’d been looking for Richard Gallagher’s treatment since 2016 when I... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Le Fanu Fans

  

  Sheridan Le Fanu is sometimes called “the Irish Poe.” He was a contemporary of Poe but his name doesn’t bear the same cultural cachet. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Upon Further Occlusion

  

  Admittedly the source is GBN, but the headline is irresistible: “Nasa ‘quietly funding’ theological conferences amid ‘demonic’ UFO fears. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creeping Religion

  

  In a disappointing email, Amazon Prime has announced that its free movie streaming of select titles for members will now be subject to commercials. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fear of Spiders

  

  To anticipate, “mygale” is French for “tarantula.” I learned about Mygale, also published under its English translation, or else Serpent’s Tail, from a Goodread... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Work for Good

  

  You learn a lot as a primary caregiver.  Since dealing with a family cancer diagnosis last year I joined a local support network for caregivers. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Troubled Water

  

  There’s nothing like a good monster movie. Of course, your local streaming service will have some considerable say over what you might watch. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Castle Dreams

  

  It’s a real problem.  If you’re a passionate collector you eventually run up against the space issue.  A New York Times piece tells how a couple that collects... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Clergy Problems

  

  I believe Revival is the most recently written Stephen King novel I’ve read. It was pretty good—it certainly scores high on the religion and horror scale,... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sticky Thoughts

  

  It’s a common problem.  You need to stick two things together.  Perhaps you don’t have welding or soldering equipment lying around the house so you buy some... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not The Sting

  

  Why do we make the decisions we do? Watch the movies we do? I have to confess that for me a number of strange factors combine to make for some weird choices. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Footnote

  

  I was recently compelled to use footnotes.  I don’t mean the clever asides that capable writers sometimes utilize to spice up subjects by making points off... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• One Demonic Night

  

  I only discovered after watching Night of the Demons (2009) that it was a remake. Eventually curiosity got the best of me and I had a spare moment to watch the... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Love Life

  

  Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on UnsplashI suppose that it’s good to keep Valentine’s Day mostly private, but there was some wisdom to how it... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Scholarly Publishing

  

  So here’s the thing about innocuous names—they don’t work well with the internet.  Search engines throw a rod trying to find something so insipid that it might... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY