Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4571 )

• Headline News

  

  Some headlines just can’t be resisted. “George Knapp: Christian Fundamentalists in the Pentagon Shut Down Government Paranormal and UFO Probes Due to Demon... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Read, Mark and

  

  One of the persistent questions of Christianity, given that there are four Gospels, is how to account for the differences between them. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Insecticide

  

  Although Halloween is more about spiders than insects, a real fear seems to be swirling around the latter. For the second time in a year, a study has been... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• October’s Monsters

  

  Blood and vampires go together like October and, well, vampires. Although I don’t understand manga, I do know it’s extremely popular, and a friend has been... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Absalom v. Occam

  

  Getting a haircut is like going to confession. You don’t go as often as you probably should, and you feel embarrassed and awkward when they ask how much you wan... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Problem with Shaving

  

  Evil may be an abstract concept, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t real. Sorry for the double negative—finding the right angle of approach is difficult sometimes. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Collinsport

  

  Nothing is ever wasted. That’s my economy of the soul. I spent my tween years mooning about Maine. I’d grown up watching Dark Shadows after school and I’d... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Aporripsophobia

  

  I’m proposing a new word. Given that there are lengthy lists of phobias available on the internet, and since fear and I are well acquainted, I was surprised to... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Writers Reading

  

  A lot of misconceptions about books abound out there. One of those misconceptions that has become clear to me is that authors write books to teach. (Or to make... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• October Devotee

  

  Here it is October and I have hardly written about monsters. Apart from the US government, that is. I suspect that I could use a little escapism right about now... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Classic Education

  

  A few months ago now, just after moving, our garage flooded. Our books, unpacked, were stored there at the time, resulting in many casualties. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Graymalkin October

  

  It’s not like you need an excuse to read ghost stories in October. At least that’s what I hoped other passengers on the bus would think. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Getting Dirty

  

  Composting is a very biblical activity. Adam, according to the second creation account in Genesis, was formed from the divinely created dirt. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Look It Up

  

  So my current book project involves addressing The Conjuring universe. A few weeks back I posted on The Nun, the newest member of that diegesis and one with no... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Beyond the Facade

  

  Over the summer the New York Historical Society had an exhibit, now over, on Norman Rockwell, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Four Freedoms. I think we may be down... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sinful Thoughts

  

  Nothing is quite so scary as that which is undefined. I learned that as an Evangelical child. There’s a verse in the gospel of Mark—I’ll use Mark because it’s... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fear Factory

  

  Every politician knows that fear wins elections. Just how deep into Orwellian territory we are became clear at 2:18 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Goblins out There

  

  From Wikimedia CommonsYou step away from the telescope for a few months and see what happens. That may sound like a recipe for some kind of cosmic soup, but as... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Iagy?

  

  Here’s how messed up “America first” is. As we’re forced to try to protect ourselves from a drunken, sexually abusive Supreme Court nominee, Indonesia is... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rich Rule

  

  The perils of plutocracy should be obvious, but clearly they’re not. This is somewhat ironic among its biblical fan base, which seems to be where the GOP draws... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY