Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4659 )

• To Fear Itself

  

  Fear, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt knew, would paralyze a nation more quickly than anything else. In recent years politicians have rather cynically used that... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bible Belts

  

  The Bible’s been back in the news. Specifically the Bible and politics. Like twins separated at birth. Jeff Mateer, Trump’s nominee for a federal judgeship,... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Books Anonymous

  

  If you stick with something long enough, you’ll get onto all the mailing lists. These days even if you innocently click on an internet ad it will come back to... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Healthy Hurricanes

  

  Three major hurricanes into the season and our Republican government has nothing better to do than try to think up new ways to take away our healthcare. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Good Wrinkles

  

  Since I was late getting my Banned Book in order this year, I went to something that I could read within a week. While my bus time is generally reserved for... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Small Wonder

  

  Nothing makes me feel small like thinking about the universe does. Never a large individual anyway, thinking how this apartment encompasses me and it is... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Deep Web Religion

  

  The bases of truth are ever shifting, it seems. What was once decided by spiritual tests now finds technological solutions. A friend sent me a story from IFL... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Beam Me Where?

  

  It’s kind of like the transporter dilemma on Star Trek. Where is the person/Vulcan/Klingon when their atoms are being disassociated in one location and... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More Conjuring

  

  Among the most revered traditions of the horror film is the sequel. Originally a financially driven feature, sequels have now become an expectation among fans. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trees, Please

  

  One thing we know about nature is that we don’t know much about nature. We can be a pretty self-absorbed species. Peter Wohllenben’s The Hidden Life of Trees... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sense Or Ship

  

  I can tell I’ve been too busy when I haven’t planned for Banned Book Week. A kind of unofficial holiday since, well, it’s about banned things, the point of... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shipping Good News

  

  Some say the infrastructure of this country is crumbling. It’s something I try not to think much about when I’m on the Helix or in the Lincoln Tunnel, but the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Doomsday, Again?

  

  It’s hard to keep a good apocalypse down. Ever since Jesus of Nazareth did his best Arnold Schwarzenegger impression of “I’ll be back” some of his followers hav... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Domesticity

  

  One of the truly disturbing aspects of religion is its tendency to become domesticated. What I mean is that it becomes so much a part of the everyday scenery... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Voting Belief

  

  No one knows the origins of religion. Before the advent of writing we can only guess, based on artifacts. Even in the era of scriveners, nobody jotted down the... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Warnings Ahead

  

  As a noun, “freak” is akin to a swear word. To refer to another person in such terms is often considered derogatory and degrading. Still, we all know what it... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eating Earth

  

  Some things are hidden in plain sight. That doesn’t make them any the less insidious. One such hidden truth is that the earth is of a finite size. Another is... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Name of the Game

  

  I have a confession to make. I’m not a gamer. Just like everyone old enough to be aware in the 1970s, I was amazed at Pong. Television, which had always only... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Self-Conscious

  

  Cassini is no more. The Saturn-bound satellite was launched in 1997 when the earth was a very different place. As it’s four-year sell-by date passed, the... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Clown King

  

  Like many people, I enjoy a Stephen King novel from time to time. King has a talent for drawing you into his tales, and whether or not they’re scary you feel a... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY