Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4674 )

• Seasonal Viewing

  

  Any movie that begins with an excommunication ought to be good. Especially with its list of stars you’d think To the Devil a Daughter might’ve turned out better. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hallowed Tradition

  

  The more I learn about the movie industry the more complex I realize it is. Take Trick ‘r Treat, for example. It was released to some film festivals—and backed... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Data Protection

  

  I learned to type on an actual typewriter.  For many—likely the majority—of those my age or older, that was the case.  Schools in the seventies, perhaps... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Panel

  

  More than one person pointed it out to me, so I guess I must be getting a (small) reputation.  During one of my campus editorial visits I stopped into the cente... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Small Big World

  

  Serendipity may have been over-used in the eighties, but the idea of finding something by chance that turns out to be really good is real enough. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Monster Gods

  

  “I would go to Catholic Church and the saints made no sense.  But Frankenstein made sense, The Wolfman made sense, The Creature from the Black Lagoon made sense... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Locally Speaking

  

  One of the weird things about moving is that you don’t know many people in your new location.  Ah, but who am I kidding?  As an introvert I knew few people in m... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Chilly Ghosts

  

  The names of many Antarctic explorers are more familiar to me than Arctic ones, so John Franklin was a name unknown to me. A nineteenth-century British explorer... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No Words

  

  I read something scary recently.  And no, it was not a horror story.  I work in publishing and we have to keep abreast of developments, so I’ve had a glimpse... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• When Autumn Starts

  

  Some books catch my attention and I’m not sure why. Knowing myself, the title When Autumn Leaves, invoking my favorite time of year with its intriguing syntax,... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shatner’s Space

  

  We constantly underestimate the power of fiction.  It’s difficult to break into getting fiction published.  It wasn’t always that way. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Free to Listen

  

  It was a delightful conversation, as always.  Robin and Debra from The Incarcerated Christian podcast always amaze me with both their program and their... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Love for the Sky

  

  People long for the sky.  We look at birds with envy and we have historically treated the weather, or the sky itself as divine.  To get oneself into the air is... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Halloween Mothers

  

  There’s an irony in seeing Samhain returning back to Ireland as Halloween. One movie that ties its Celtic roots in particularly well with the denizens of the... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Green Pagan

  

  The folk tradition doesn’t encompass folk horror only. I’ve been working on The Wicker Man, one of the initial folk horror classics, long enough that I sometime... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bad Dog!

  

  A few years back, it was, when I saw my first video of a robo-dog.  I don’t mean the cute ones that you might fool yourself into thinking, on an off day, might... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Flavor of Childhood

  

  Giant, telepathic crabs whose molecular structure make them impervious to bullets, explosives, and fire, and that know how to use dynamite and who plan to take... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Former Education

  

  Like most people I don’t have time to sit around thinking much about college.  Once in a while you’re forced into it, however.  This time it was by an NPR... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Stinging Days

  

  It doesn’t take much to encourage wasps. Even after a few unseasonably cold weeks in autumn, one warm day will bring them back, poking along the siding looking... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reading Algorithm

  

  I appreciate help.  I really do.  It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in this world and others offering to help out are welcome.  But you do have to wonder about... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY