Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4573 )

• How to Type a Stereo

  

  In the early days of publishing, type was set by hand. Individual letters, inserted backward onto plates, were used for printing the positive of a page. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Light and Dark

  

  Prophets, mothers, messiahs. A new religion for a new world. While these may not be main themes of Robert Repino’s new novel D’Arc, they’re clearly there in... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ellis Island

  

  A few years back we made a trip to Ellis Island. This is a common field trip here in New Jersey, although none of my immediate family passed through this portal. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Beat the Press

  

  Like many people, I’ve been re-reading 1984 and wondering what’s going on in a country I thought I knew. With clear evidence of wrong-doing on the part of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Incident at the Wailing Wall

  

  While reading about Jerusalem lately, I recalled my first visit to the Wailing Wall. The Wailing Wall is the only standing part left of the temple that Herod th... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Human Omniscience

  

  This might take some thought, but please bear with me. I’ve been reading about how some scientists are eager to promote rationality only as the true... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Cloaking Device

  

  America’s book is seldom read. Those of us who spend an unusual amount of time with the Bible know this from personal experience, but others are starting to... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sleepy Holy

  

  Fox recently announced that, after four seasons, Sleepy Hollow is being cancelled. The news, while not unexpected, is still disappointing. The initial success o... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Seven Deadly

  

  If your outlook contains the word “supremacy,” I would humbly suggest, it’s time to rethink your philosophy. Borne of a deep insecurity—or overweening pride,... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Revisiting Frankenstein

  

  There’s nothing like going back to the classics. Many people don’t realize that one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century was Mary Shelley’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Becoming

  

  It’s pretty difficult to summarize the feelings when watching your own child graduate from college. Of course, she’s not a child any more, but that’s always... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• One Size Fits All

  

  The divide between religion and science is often artificially widened by one side or the other. Of course the divide’s artificial—both science and religion are... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Size and Its Matters

  

  Have you ever wondered where your Bible came from? No, I mean physically. There are many possible answers to such a query, so the other day I was searching for... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• It’s Okay

  

  It once seemed improbable that an entire book could be written on one word. The first time I noticed this I was a doctoral student who’d run across the late... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spiritual Spelunking

  

  Looking at the headlines it’s sometimes difficult to believe we’ve evolved. I still trust evidence-based science, despite official government policy, however. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Write Or Wrong

  

  Lots of people write for lots of reasons. Some love it. Some hate it. Some can’t help themselves. For those who know me primarily through this blog, it may not... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ironically

  

  Irony is a national resource that’s in abundant supply. Those who inadvertently create it may be the least equipped to appreciate it, but that’s ironic, isn’t... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mothers’ Daze

  

  Washington’s war on women has made this Mother’s Day especially poignant. As hard as it is to believe, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell had mothers. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• An Elephant’s 100 Percent

  

  When I walked out of that dissertation defense, still a little unsure whether I’d passed or not, I thought my testing days were over. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sideliners

  

  Sidelines can be interesting places to sit. You’re close to the action, and you’re privileged with a close view that few others have. You can’t, however, play... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY