Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4571 )

• Updates

  

  So, I’m getting ready to update this website. I’ll give you a warning before things change. Another update, however, is in order. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Scientists, Unplugged

  

  Feeling inferior is common among religionists. When cultures list their brightest and best, scientists often top the list and those who specialize in religion... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Re-reading the Rite

  

  I’ve written on The Rite before. My current book project, however, led me to reread this account after watching the movie based on it a couple of times. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Canadian Care

  

  Amazon, probably not purely out of kindness, gives some customers access to the most read stories in the Washington Post. Apart from talking to my wife, this... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Woodland Creatures

  

  Maybe I watch too many zombie movies, but the story of zombie raccoons was just too good to pass up. A story by Marwa Eltagouri in the Washington Post... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Knowing It All

  

  Reading about the Trump administration underscores once again the traditional American contradiction of, love of, but mostly hatred toward, experts. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Upstate Goddesses

  

  Goddesses give you connections. Here in Ithaca, all kinds of specialty shops abound. University towns are like that. This one had lots of goddesses. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ithaca Musings

  

  Ithaca may be the ultimate hippie town. Open and accepting of diversity, it’s a place where anyone can speak out against what’s going on in the government and... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Power in the Bus

  

  “You’re not in control on a bus” my friend Marvin once wrote, in his short story “O Driver.” The commuter is the consummate captive. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Americanism

  

  I’m a bit too much of a contrarian to be a regular bestseller reader. I do occasionally bow to curiosity though, and I do have a lot of time on the bus. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Urban Evolution

  

  They say ten city blocks are a mile. They also say the internet is fast. Putting these two theorems to the text, I’ve logged several foot-miles in Manhattan to... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Good Company

  

  It’s a matter of scale. If you read this blog chances are you like books. If you like books you probably know about remainders. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Easter Monday

  

  This year has been a comedy of liturgical errors. Ash Wednesday fell on Valentines Day and Easter on April Fools. Notwithstanding the clash of sacred and... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Two Cities

  

  Augustine of Hippo wrote that there were two cities. If you’re reading this blog you probably know what they are. Today, according to some, is Easter. For other... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Books and Editing

  

  My life has been about books. It was only as I became what is now known as a tween that the passion took hold, but since that time I’ve been addicted to them. A... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Here Before

  

  Déjà vu can be quite disorienting. Déjà vu can be quite disorienting. One of the categories for my 2018 reading challenge is a book you can read in a day. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Personifying Evil

  

  Biographies seldom cover millennia. Even if one were to try to uncover all the scant facts on old Methuselah at 969 years, it would still fall short of four... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Refillable Ideas

  

  Maybe I’m too slow of thumb, but this ought to be simple. For many years I kept a small slip of paper in my pocket, along with a pen. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mediating Reality

  

  The brain is one troubling organ. The gateway to both our thinking and our physical experience—as well as our survival—it tends to explain things in terms of... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Body Count

  

  While I’m privileged and proud to have been part of one of millions protesting over the weekend with our nation’s youth, I can’t help but be a little reflective... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY