Steveawiggins

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• Read Until Ragnarok

  

  “The play’s the thing. Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king,” quoth Hamlet. Shortly after the Velvet Revolution, my wife and I were shown about Prague... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• New Century

  

  Time is the ultimate commodity. New Year’s Day is one of the ten standard holidays to the business world, a grudging nod in the direction that those who are... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Writing the Cosmos

  

  On occasion those with great wealth try to give something back to society. One such gift takes the form of libraries. The J. P. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Silver and Gold

  

  “He has also set eternity in the human heart,” old Ecclesiastes lamented at the end of the most famous passage in his book, noting that it is nevertheless... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Vive La Différence

  

  Scientists, those to whom society has passed the responsibility for knowing, have an increasingly difficult time defining humans as opposed to other animals.... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Subtle Elephant

  

  “Beer,” the list reads, then “Sex, Tacos, Weed.” At the top of the list, “Jesus.” “Which one of these is best?” the magazine page virtually shouts. Not... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shaky Ground

  

  For the past few years I have been drawn to the spiritual memoirs of women. I suspect a deep disconnect prompts this interest. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• God Spell

  

  I had some good news from God recently, if the Jehovah’s Witnesses are to be believed, anyway. It had been a trying week in some ways, and who wouldn’t welcome... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Make Light

  

  Despite the war on Christmas, it came. To be honest, I haven’t yet gone to the window this morning to see if smoky remains litter the street of my small town,... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Believe Eve

  

  While NORAD has already begun to track Santa with DSP (Defense Support Program) satellites, and last-minute shoppers are being bombarded with Christmas carols t... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Revelations

  

  Sex. Religion. Death. One of these things is not like the others, if Sesame Street taught me anything. But in this case, the three actually are of a piece. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Duck, Dynasty

  

  The Fundamentalist mouth has no filter. I’m a bit surprised by the furor raised by Phil Robertson’s comments about race and sexuality. Did A&E; not realize... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Exegeting for Peanuts

  

  Peanuts, the cartoon, is about as pure as the Bible itself. Like the Bible it is included in ritual, as in the annual viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas in ou... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Manuscript Madness

  

  A friend recently pointed me to a story of a “new” manuscript, recently discovered, that portrays Jesus predicting the advent of Mohammad. The article on sott. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Piece on Earth

  

  The New York Times recently ran a story about the academic boycott of Israel by the American Studies Association. For those unfamiliar with the ways of... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fears of a Clown

  

  A few weeks back, over on EsoterX, I was reading about circus oddities. Perceptive as always, EsoterX notes that the carnival or circus used to be disturbing. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pope of Deliverance

  

  It’s the Time of year. The time of year Time chooses a person of the year. Not for the first time in recent memory, a religious figure has been chosen. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• White Christmas Revisited

  

  In the light of yesterday’s post, I’d like to tip my metaphorical hat to Brian Regal of Kean University for a piece he wrote in the New Jersey Star-Ledger. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Won’t Someone Think of the Gods?

  

  The annual holiday tradition of fighting over peace on earth has begun. It’s difficult to attribute blame since the “Keep Christ in Christmas” crowd do have a... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Knowing

  

  Begin with a basic premise: we cannot know what a creature without language thinks. Add in the thoughtful anxieties of a post-domestic writer who knows about... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY