Steveawiggins

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• Why July?

  

  The weather in July can be exhausting. I’ve always pretty much associated the Fourth of July with hot, sticky weather and this year’s holiday weekend has lived... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Joy of Techs

  

  Those of us with Luddite tendencies prefer to hide them. Tech is the ultimate good, right? You’ve got a smart phone in your pocket or purse and it contains the... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ghostly Thoughts

  

  Ghosts tend to be on my mind in the autumn. Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full of Ghosts, however, has been on my reading list for quite some time. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Freedom’s Price Tag

  

  Independence Day makes me feel conflicted. Jingoism seems to be an international problem, and although patriotism is deemed next to saintliness, I have my... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Abroad at Home

  

  Now that I’m back in the United States (but still traveling), I’ve been thinking about impermanence. That is to say, when you plan an international trip you lik... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dark Theology

  

  I’ve been struggling for several years, I expect it’s no secret, with how horror and religion relate to one another. Many think the task itself pointless, as... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Truth Or Dare

  

  I once knew a man who was what can only be called a pathological liar. I never knew when he was telling the truth. It was a disorienting experience relating to... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Utterly Indifferent

  

  One of the main purposes of this blog, apart from being a kind of daily tablet for my thoughts, is to demonstrate that religion continues into the age of... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fantasy Land

  

  As a naive kid with a solid master’s degree, I was accepted for doctoral work at Aberdeen, St Andrews, Oxford, and Cambridge. Only Edinburgh, however, was able... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Evolving Tales

  

  There’s nothing like a six-and-a-half hour flight to get some reading done. I’d made good progress on Kurt Vonnegut’s Galápagos before leaving for... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In Middle Earth

  

  I try to make the best of business travel. I had all-day obligations this time around, but fortunately my hotel was next to a place of some renown. The house... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• From Above

  

  You can see a lot from 35,000 feet. Alan Parsons Project’s “Eye in the Sky” comes back to me, although I’d never make so bold as to associate myself with Horus. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Selection, Natural Or Not

  

  Darwin is extinct, it seems. At least in the UK. Perhaps I ought to explain. I do not travel to England often, and I’m not always good about changing cash befor... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Prejudice, Technically

  

  I must admit that I received my first “smart phone” with more than a little trepidation. It was going on a decade ago and I didn’t know my app from a hole in th... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On a Jet Plane

  

  So I’m heading to England. Not for pleasure—this is a business trip. Long ago, back when I worked for Routledge, I discovered that I dislike business travel. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not for Men

  

  Does anyone else think that feeding fishmeal to herbivores so that they, in turn can be eaten, is weird? Brian Fagan in his Fishing: How the Sea Fed Civilizatio... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Weathering the Sun

  

  I may have given up on Weathering the Psalms a bit prematurely. Those who know me know that the weather impacts my mood. Now that I have a yard to mow that... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Best If Used

  

  Used bookstores are like a box of books—you never know what you’ll get. I perhaps overindulge this particular vice, but it doesn’t feel too sinful to me. Part o... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whose Bus? Omnibus!

  

  The long-distant commute is an extended social experiment. Although some of the people on the bus know each other—from overheard conversations while in line it’... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Built To Last

  

  Those pyramids sure are sturdy. The other day I was reading something from a biblical literalist that was discussing the pyramids. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY