Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4522 )

• Med Ed

  

  I’m not really the one who should be on oxygen in this situation. It was a routine, scheduled oral surgery for a impacted wisdom tooth. Not mine, but my... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Witch Way

  

  Women generally bear the brunt of religious intolerance. This is an evil that has proven tenacious and insidious, and which has played out in history far too... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Under Fire

  

  The tragedy that has been unfolding in the Ukraine has brought to light some unlikely heroes. A story on NBC last week showcased, albeit briefly, priests on... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Weathering the Psalms

  

  Book contracts make me happy. In the case of an academic out of water,they are rare. Few people care what a PhD has to say unless s/he has a university... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Toy Story

  

  As a life-long pacifist, it might seem strange that I find myself waxing sentimental over a military-themed toy. You see, I just found out that G. I. Joe is... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mad Charles

  

  Moving to New Jersey was made easier by Weird N.J. I found out about the magazine while still domiciled in Wisconsin when the series of books produced a Weird... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Faithful Places

  

  Is there any more American a diversion than the road trip? Those of us who live on large land masses with relative ease of travel sometimes like to go for, well... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dromedary Dilemma

  

  Photo credit: John O’Neill, WikiCommonsnews storiesproblems for ZionistsAbraham, as the progenitor of the three major monotheistic religions, bears a... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• God and King

  

  The King James Version of the Bible is in the public domain. (Except in Britain, where it is still royal prerogative to print the King James, and it has be... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Asp and Receive

  

  Among the X-Files episodes that bothered me the most was “Signs and Wonders,” where Mulder and Scully visit the snake-handlers. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Strange Orthodoxies

  

  I had already read three of his books before I called on Jeffrey Kripal. Reading his work created a strange longing in me, as if I had been missing something I... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Narnia

  

  The snow fountain from a fast-moving snow-plow is a thing of beauty.  Unless you’re standing in the way.  It’s been that way this winter. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dead Certain

  

  One look frightens me above all others. I have spent probably too many hours watching horror movies late at night, and I’ve seen actors—talented and... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Room for One More

  

  Conspiracy theories have a definite attraction. In a world where governments are more known for keeping secrets than for carrying out the will of the people,... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Snow Job

  

  Snow does not get mentioned very often in the Psalms. Sometimes it surprises people unfamiliar with Israel that the Bible mentions snow at all. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 OUTDOORS, POLITICS, RELIGION, SNOW, SOCIETY

• Which Bible?

  

  No doubt the Bible holds a privileged place in western civilization. Arguably, it is the most influential book that exists in terms of its cultural influence... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Jesus, My Foot

  

  A story going around the internet features pictures of Paula Osuna’s bruised second toe. According to the YouTube story, Osuna fell down the stairs then had... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Horse Sense

  

  In an article in last month’s Federalist, Tom Nichols lamented the death of expertise. Well, not exactly. Expertise is not so much dead as lost in the wash. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Myth-story

  

  Either there was, or there wasn’t. An historical Jesus, I mean. I just finished reading Robert M. Price’s The Christ Myth Theory and Its Problems, and I have... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Past Imperfect

  

  Religion is inextricably tied to the past. So when I noticed an article in Wired entitled “The End of Then: Past? Present? Online, It All Runs Together,” by Pau... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY