Steveawiggins

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• See Around Us

  

  There aren’t too many people that I consider personal heroes. Those that I do have earned the sobriquet in odd ways, I suppose. That makes them no less... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Kindling

  

  Paula Cocozza, writing for The Guardian, describes “How E-books Lost Their Shine.” Like most inveterate readers, she says she has stacks of books growing like... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Filling the Frame

  

  Those who study the Bible have to reckon with the fact that someone else probably said it first. This is one of the inherent liabilities of studying something... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Taking Time

  

  Good writing is hard work. One of the mixed blessings of the internet is that it makes publication so easy. Get yourself a blog and nobody has to approve... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Comet Tales

  

  Göbekli Tepe, apart from being impossible to pronounce correctly, is a site of embarrassment to historians. First of all, this archaeological site in Turkey is... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Who Cares?

  

  With all the petitions going around I’m getting a bit dizzy. I won’t go to the doctor though, since I think Trump may be a pre-existing condition. In any case,... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wall-E of Separation

  

  io9 is a progressive website. Its futuristic stories delight and entertain. When a friend sent me a story on io9 titled “New Fan Theory Asks the Obvious... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Good Newsists

  

  In the interest of avoiding conflict thereof, I cannot yet give a review of Randall Balmer’s Evangelicalism in America. Since I’m writing a review of it for... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Weather Vain

  

  The other day I was awakened by a severe thunderstorm. It’s been quite a while since that’s happened. Unlike when we lived in the Midwest, thunderstorms in New... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• United States of Ego

  

  We all know the type. The guy who brags that he can do something complex without all the study and “hard work” (scare quotes theirs) necessary beforehand. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Blood Brothers

  

  Every once in a while I take a chance and write about music. I don’t do this too often since it’s a very personal thing, and as open as I may be on this blog,... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trusting Truth

  

  How do we know what’s true? For many the answer is what your experience reveals. If that experience involves being raised as a Bible-believer, that complicates... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Independent Bookstore Day

  

  Many modern mini-holidays are centered around things you might buy. I don’t mind that so much in the case of Independent Bookstore Day—of which I wish you a... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2017 CULTURE

• Dog Daze

  

  I read quite a bit about animals. One reason is that when you’re counting all the species on the planet we’re pretty clearly among the animal part. Having... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Labyrinth of Copyright

  

  Here’s another post originating from my daily work as an editor. (As an editor you tend to assume nobody’s really interested in what you do all day, but I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Occam’s Beard

  

  Skeptics can be so much fun. We really do need them, otherwise we’d likely still be living with notions of medical science being attributed to four humors,... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Frankly Frankenstein

  

  As a novel, like its monster, Frankenstein trespasses all kinds of boundaries. Is it science fiction or horror? Is it Gothic or presciently modern? Is it... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Science Marches On

  

  A few thoughts about the March for Science in Manhattan over the weekend seem to be in order. To get to the rally in time, from our little corner of New... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Happy World Book Day

  

  In times of distress, as well as of joy, I turn to books. Since about November there have been more of the former than the latter, so I’m cheered that today is... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Earth Vs. the GOP

  

  They used to call her “Mother Earth.” Now she’s simply a commodity to be liquidated into cash at the country club where rich white men play. That’s why I’m... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY