Steveawiggins

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• A Scream Or Two

  

  A few weeks back, for my weekend fix, I watched Scream. I hadn’t seen the movie when it came out in 1996, but having seen so many references to Ghost Face I fel... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mind Your Cosmos

  

  Something on your mind? How often do we bother to think clearly about our minds? One of the most dispiriting concepts ever invented is the idea that even our... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Infinite and Expanding

  

  Show me the birth certificate. Whoa! It seems the universe padded the figures by about 80 million years. To you and me that’s 80 million years. To old... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• RoboStop

  

  Although few objects are as soulless and mechanistic as robots, I still feel strangely emotional about them. Had my daughter not been interested in them, I woul... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Palming the Truth

  

  For some today is Palm Sunday. For others it is not. And I’m not referring to those outside the Christian camp. For many Eastern Orthodox Christians, Lent is... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Goy in the City

  

  Getting across Midtown Manhattan quickly during rush hour involves a kind of algorithm. That means my route to and from work each day changes depending on... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Gods in Spandex

  

  One thing leads to another. Reading Jeffrey Kripal’s Mutants and Mystics stirred an interest in comic books that I hadn’t felt since before my college days. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Free Think Ing

  

  It is not exactly pride that I feel when I see my undergraduate college featured in a Chronicle article entitled “Group Aims to Help Conservative Parents Counte... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sacred Sexism

  

  How terrifying to observe religion from the eyes of women! In the monotheistic traditions it begins as early as Genesis 2 and continues unbroken through to the... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• AP Physics

  

  . Few words strike terror into high school students like these initials and scientific surname. As a student I didn’t really comprehend AP, and never took any... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 SCIENCE

• Blob Blog

  

  Those who actually know something about movies occasionally complain that Hollywood seems to provide us with diminishing returns. How many movies have been... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Next to Godliness

  

  Catholics, secularists, and even a Pharaoh or two. Loud, pounding music. Dancing teenagers. It must be FIRST Robotics season again. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Evolving Leadership

  

  Simple answers are seldom correct. Unfortunately many people will accept a simple answer rather than try to sort through the complexities that life in the... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trouble Feature

  

  I must be a glutton for punishment. My fascination with horror films grew more out of enjoying the unsettling mood these movies used to set. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Pope Springs Eternal

  

  All channels lead to Rome. In a world where Christians lament their public influence, we can’t seem to get enough of the pageantry, the mystery, and the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• HRH Vs C of E

  

  An article from the Sunday Daily Mail, the UK newspaper, opens with the headline “Queen fights for gay rights.” I was pleased, as most even-minded individuals... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Tale of Two Bees

  

  We’re nearing the competition season for FIRST Robotics. The animated, mechanical creatures created from scratch since early January are now set to compete for ... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Flight of Fancy

  

  I’m about fully recovered from my recent visit to Texas. Travel is perhaps the greatest form of education. After having my regular government pat-down, and... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Real Life Zombies

  

  In recent months Binghamton University has been on my mind. Binghamton has a number of videos available on YouTube which I find to be entertaining and even,... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Esalen

  

  Every great once in a while, you read an academic book that really makes you think. Not that many books aren’t erudite or thought-provoking, but the ones that... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY