Steveawiggins

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• Intelligence, Evolved

  

  Anyone who has looked into the eyes of a cat or dog can have little doubt that they think. What exactly they think is, of course, a matter of conjecture. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Triumph of Lovecraft

  

  The deeper you peer into the mouth of nature, the more Lovecraftian the world becomes. Just days after I had posted a little meditation on Cthulhu, the great ol... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Which Lethbridge Witch?

  

  Thomas Charles Lethbridge was a twentieth-century explorer. I knew his name only from book covers, and since books published before the cynical 1980s have a fee... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fearful Christianity

  

  So some North Carolina Republicans want to declare themselves a state religion. I wonder which one it will be? Hmmm, let me think… Whatever that religion will b... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Human Show

  

  At least a decade had passed since I watched The Truman Show. Jim Carrey has gone on to achieve an over-the-top kind of fame, but Truman is a thoughtful movie... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• They, Robots

  

  Somehow I knew robots would continue to be part of my life. After all, they are a staple of science fiction and they are indeed also a staple of science fact. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Buy Their Fruits

  

  A lot of things get thrust at you in Midtown Manhattan. Many of them are religious. As I was out on my lunch break, a Buddhist monk walked up to me on Second... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Flood Warning

  

  If you’re like any number of others in North America, you may be wondering when spring will arrive. Not meteorological spring—that has flown past already—but th... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Weird Resurrection

  

  Driving through an unfamiliar city doesn’t allow for much time to appreciate what you’re seeing. Back in February when I was visiting Austin, Texas for the firs... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Omg, Moma!

  

  New York City can wear you out, spiritually. I suppose that’s why so many people go there, to face the challenge. Thanks to Target, Friday evenings the Museum o... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Good, Friday

  

  Riding public transit sometimes turns into a religious experience. Various bus drivers will wish passengers a “blessed day” as they pull into the Port... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• 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