Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4649 )

• Losing My Religion (Excuse)

  

  I’ve always appreciated New Jersey inventiveness. This is a state where lottery winners register with the social security numbers of dead people to avoid taxes. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Overboard

  

  The story of Noah has long fascinated me. The world of early Genesis is so mysterious and compelling—a mythical time when all the action seemed to be taking... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Getting Exorcise

  

  To be honest, I can’t recall having heard of Johann Joseph Gassner before. Given his role in the European witch-hunting culture, however, I must have read his... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Coming of the Green

  

  For many years I actively attended to the calendar of saints while at Nashotah House. Although we celebrated Mardi Gras, we never seemed to celebrate St.... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pauline Resurrection

  

  Paul is dead. Has been since the first century. In biblical studies, however, he is undergoing a kind of resurrection. Studies of Paul are coming thick and fast... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Greens

  

  It would take a lot to make me open a website called “Business Insider.” Despite spending far too much time on the internet, my regular sites are few and my... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hallowed Be Thy Income

  

  Some time ago, I was invited to attend a “best practices” session where the language was businessese. As I suffered through statements about how everything can... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In Praise of Eve

  

  I once told some colleagues that reading even basic children’s books as Dick and Jane or The Cat in the Hat was a different experience for girls than it was... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Alas, Babylon!

  

  Religions tend to be backward looking. That’s not intended to be a universal, nor a condemnation. Few would want to admit that their religion is new,... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Almost Heaven?

  

  Like most kids raised Protestant, I had little idea about the Catholic worldview. Despite family wishes, I had Catholic friends, and topics such a Purgatory... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Geneva Conventions

  

  As an alumnus of Grove City College, I generally don’t have the chance to consider other colleges as unreasonably conservative. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hot Pants

  

  Over a decade ago now, the populace was buzzing about Stella Liebeck’s suit against McDonald’s. You may remember the case. Liebeck was handed very hot coffee... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wag the Tail

  

  Among the most respected of intellectual endeavors is political science. Analysts who read and reason beyond national borders, finding implications in... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• With My Luck

  

  I wish I didn’t believe in luck. I guess I’m just not lucky that way. And I’m not alone. Of all the “superstitions” that haunt the human psyche, luck is among... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Holi Daze

  

  It’s pretty white out there. For many parts of the eastern United States it has been a season of snow on snow on snow (why does that sound familiar?). Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Once Bitten

  

  Once vampires sink their fangs into you, it’s hard to shake them. I’m referring to an intellectual connection here, instead of a physical one. M. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• British Libraries

  

  Quintessentially intellectual, the mental image of the British goes, they are often the sophisticated, educated, literate, worldly individuals. I know I’m... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Theological Fiends

  

  Vampires are among the most theological of monsters. Not that I’m a theologian, but I sometimes read those who are. Although zombies and vampires rival one... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• National Reading Month

  

  Welcome to National Reading Month. Today is the birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theordor Geisel). Since so many children begin reading with Dr. Seuss, March has been... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whack-A-Prof

  

  My Ph.D. was conferred in 1992. Not by design, I’ve held several jobs since then. One thing I’ve noticed over and over is that supervisors enjoy knocking down... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY