Steveawiggins

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• Middle Ground

  

  It’s the real poison Trump baptized.  Polarization.  The idea that there is no middle ground.  It’s a shame since the middle ground has been what’s kept... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ghoulish Night

  

  Night of the Ghouls, I like to think that even as a child I would have opined, is a bit silly. It does show improvement over some of Ed Wood’s other films and... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Geography Quiz

  

  With my daughter’s encouragement, I’ve taken an interest in geography.  While not exactly an isolationist, I’ve often thought that America trying to impose its... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• America the Religious

  

  One of the truths that doctoral work teaches you is that if you look closely at something, minute differences appear.  Those interested in historical subjects... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ghostly Book

  

  Recently I’ve been thinking about internet searching—how some information is difficult to find. This book provides an example. I saw what we in the biz call a... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Seminary Daze

  

  It’s surprisingly easy to throw away an expensive career that once held much promise.  It really involves just a two steps: spend thousands of dollars earning... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Forgetting Witch

  

  Being forgotten. Isn’t that one of our greatest fears? We want to be remembered, our desperate “Kilroy was here”s scribbled on the impermanent earth. This is th... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Speaking of The Wicker Man

  

  The TheoFantastique website is older than my blog and, I suspect, has more followers. I was immediately struck when I first found it in my early days of... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Curious Valley

  

  Another of my guilty pleasure reading categories is local history, written by locals. As a genre these books may not always go back to primary sources, and... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Striving for

  

  Get Out! was Allison Williams’ first feature film starring role. Playing the unsuspected villain, she was incredibly believable. Then I saw M3GAN where her... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ending Worlds

  

  It takes a kind of talent to write a long novel where I don’t have any feelings for any of the characters. I’ve studied writing enough to know that “Mary... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Good Book Selling

  

  A few weeks back, probably several now actually, the New York Times ran a story about the Bible. In this age of declining interest in the Good Book such things... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creepy AI Doll

  

  We’ve all seen the killing doll horror movie before, of course. Who hasn’t? What makes M3GAN different is the whole artificial intelligence angle. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Devil Talk

  

  Around here, an after-school Satanic Temple club, prompted by an after-school evangelical club, led to a lawsuit where our tax dollars are being wasted. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Perhaps Unexpected

  

  Of course I’d heard about it, but I hadn’t envisioned myself seeing it. My family, however, wanted to get in on the Barbie conversation and, I justified to... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mystical

  

  I would never have experienced Tibetan singing bowls were it not for a family member’s cancer diagnosis.  Something you quickly learn is that many resources... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Generation Tech

  

  You can’t be lazy in a technocracy.  I find myself repeating this mantra to myself when dealing with many people who use technology only when strictly... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pagan Fear

  

  We still fear pagans. Religion and horror are often tied up together, but when it comes to monsters we trust Catholics and fear pagans. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whither Wicker?

  

  The process of producing a book is a lengthy one.  Even as an author you’re not really ever quite sure when it’s out in the world.  My author copies of The... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Admit This

  

  I thought about writing a letter to the New York Times, but I know my chances of getting it accepted. A piece run yesterday in said periodical on elite college... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY