Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4647 )

• The Tell-Tale Telegraph

  

  There’s a guy next to me with a robotic arm. Women with lace umbrellas and aviator googles walk by on the arms of Victorian gentlemen with walking sticks. A... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whence Jesus?

  

  Either he did, or he didn’t. Exist, that is. Jesus of Nazareth, I mean. When a friend sent me a link to a conference on proof of the non-existence of Jesus, I... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dying for Religion

  

  Religions never lose their ability to surprise. This entire concept of belief is one with which I am intimately familiar but about which I’m completely puzzled. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Cave In

  

  The conversation began, as conversations often do, with Plato’s allegory of the cave. The nature of reality was the topic of a chat I had with a very intelligen... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• When (Nearly) Everything Changed

  

  My wife and I just finished reading When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, by Gail Collins. (In the spirit of... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Alien Jesus

  

  While trawling the internet over the weekend, I came upon an interesting article that ties together religion and paranormal belief. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 RELIGION

• Do You Mind?

  

  Seems a lot of people are deluded these days. I know I am. Still, every great once in a while I read a book that helps me cope with the morass of everyday life... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 SCIENCE

• More Fun Than a Barrel

  

  To mere mortal eyes, a traffic barrel on a Manhattan street might seem like a pretty gritty object, hardly worthy of religious veneration. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Twilight Zones

  

  It was twilight last night when I drove into Binghamton. My thoughts naturally turned to The Twilight Zone since one of my childhood heroes, Rod Serling, had... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Grendel’s Gods

  

  Sometimes I think that if I had to do it all over again, I might’ve chosen Beowulf instead of the Bible. Let me define “it” here: if I had to pick a vocation... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Crowing Up

  

  Whether we climb up or down the evolutionary scale, one factor remains constant—our human sense of superiority. Despite the castigation of biblical-era... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shut Down? Shut Up?

  

  So, what does it mean really?  Can you tell the difference?  Although it is undoubtedly a pain for many government workers, and a huge, colossal waste of... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Heat’s Up

  

  I must admit being perplexed. Days ago, although many of us have long known it to be true, climate scientists announced unequivocal evidence that human... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Booked Up

  

  I remember places by books. Perhaps it is a sickness, but it is a wonderful illness—I love being surrounded by books. When I travel to a new place, a book... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 BOOKS

• Ban Ban Go Away

  

  I always seem to discover banned book week in retrospect. With the insane amount of time put into getting to and from work, and actually working, my daily bus... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bible According to Batman

  

  Biblical tropes are alive and well in popular culture. Many would choose the flight option rather than admit they enjoy a good Bible story. They may anyway,... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Monsters Are Due on Main Street

  

  Now that the slow descent into darkness has begun, my mind naturally turns to monsters. In the early days of this blog I felt as though I had to justify... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Darwinian Dawkins

  

  Richard Dawkins seems like he’s probably a nice guy in person. You can tell quite a bit about somebody from their writing, and even when Dawkins is being... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What’s a Sukkot?

  

  It’s not every day you see a lulav and etrog, even in Manhattan. You can tell life’s too busy when you miss that it’s sukkot. Not that I’m Jewish, but I have... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Civil Lies a Ton

  

  Often I began my classes by asking a basic question: if something pervasive, invisible, and very powerful were affecting you daily, in all aspects of your... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY