Steveawiggins

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• Kings and Gods

  

  Kong has never been my favorite monster.  Perhaps because it is more of a sad story than a scary one, and in movies of gigantic animals, there always seem to... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No Donations

  

  They’re after my blood.  In fact, they repeatedly call on my work phone asking for it.  But when I go in they won’t take it.  There are blood shortages, I know.... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Forbidden Things

  

  I owe Douglas Cowan a debt of gratitude. Spending evenings at the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting curled up with... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Past Knowing

  

  It’s like watching a fall in a movie in slow motion.  You know you can’t really stop it, as much as you’d like to.  We see the collective world pieces moving... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eclecticism

  

  Eclectic.  An eclectic approach is experiential.  I don’t mean to be obscure here, but I was once an academic.  Let me try to spell this out a little more... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• After It’s News

  

  We live our lives by the news cycle.  It tells us what to think about and worry about, often beyond our local, daily concerns.  And sometimes we forget about... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Subconscious Humor

  

  It’s good to know your subconscious has a sense of humor.  What with all that’s going on in the world these days, God knows we could use a laugh or two.  At... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sleepy Hollow West

  

  You’ve got to admire those who are determined to be writers on their own terms. As someone who’s tried and tried again to break into even indie presses, I know... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More Excuses

  

  Perhaps it was my Shingrix-addled brain—but we all know that’s an excuse—I decided to watch Creature (1985) and Attack of the Giant Leeches (timeless) over the... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lost Day

  

  There’s a continuity of life and we’re used to it with only small, regular interruptions, such as a night’s sleep.  Each day builds on the previous one with... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Roman Mythology

  

  A recent game of Redactle led to a family discussion of Roman mythology.  I had to flex some muscles unused since my last full semester at Rutgers, but I was... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Opinion Piece

  

  There comes a time, I hope, when the opinion of someone with over four-and-a-half decades of intensive reading experience, might matter. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Daily Show

  

  Long ago—over a dozen years now—I decided this blog would receive daily updates.  Some of the more successful blogs out there receive multiple daily updates, bu... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hiding What?

  

  Who are we? Do we really show ourselves to others, or do we wear masks? That question applies to horror films as well as to everyday life. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• O Viy

  

  Viy is a most unusual movie. I’m talking about the 1967 version, of course. Filmed and produced in the USSR, it was, by many counts, the first Soviet horror... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tuning Up

  

  Climate change is marked by its erratic behavior.  I can relate.  Nevertheless, one of my favorite things in the whole wide world is the slow transition of... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ode to Auld Reekie

  

  Edinburgh is a sizable city, although not large like New York, more like Boston, but smaller.  Like Boston, it has had an outsized influence globally, even apar... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fictional Truth

  

  In honor of Banned Book Week I read Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Funny and poignant, it tells the story of Arnold Spirit... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Things Being

  

  “Equal” and “night,” in their Latin forms, give us the word “equinox.”  Today we enter the darker half of the year.  Interestingly, of the so-called “quarter... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Express Yourself

  

  Do you ever get excited by an idea only to be let down when it comes to the execution?  I suspect that’s a standard human experience.  For me it often happens... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY