Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4565 )

• Mental Health

  

  Dark Shadows was a formative part of my childhood. I don’t recall specifics, or even how I found out about it, but I do recall watching it after school and bein... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Perspective on Distance

  

  Thirty miles can be pretty close or pretty far, depending.  This time it was pretty far.  I know the Post Office has been having trouble, but when the tracking... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thinking Plants

  

  Consider your sources.  As an erstwhile professor I grew accustomed to repeating that, and this was before the internet started up, making claims of all kinds. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rebranding

  

  Established in 1583, Edinburgh University has been a world-class research institution for centuries.  It appears in pop culture as a place of great learning... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Life of Writing

  

  One problem with being a graphomaniac is forgetting what you’ve written.  I’m glad to know I’m not alone in this.  Once we had the eminent historian Owen... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thoughts on Job

  

  The book of Job has been on my mind lately.  Leave aside the remarks of Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar, and Elihu, it is one of the most honest books ever written. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Healing Time

  

  Twenty years ago today I walked into the refectory at Nashotah House after morning mass and wondered why the television was on. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All About Merch

  

  Although I’d heard of it uncomprehendingly when I was in seminary, I first joined the Society of Biblical Literature in 1991, while a doctoral student. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ancient Near Ideas

  

  Looking backwards has its issues.  I still think about the Ancient Near East.  My reputation on Academia.edu is based entirely on it. (From the user stats,... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Screaming Season

  

  The signs are all around.  The orange and black Spirit Halloween signs are appearing where vacant storefronts stand.  Advertisements for autumnal activities... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Moral Bankruptcy

  

  Last Thursday, apart from being the day after the plumber came, Tropical Storm Ida dumped on us, and the first day of September, the New York Times headlines... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Witches of September

  

  I’ve never read any John Updike before. I understand that his novels foreground religion, which I didn’t realize. I have watched The Witches of Eastwick, in... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Insect Inside

  

  It seems a shame we don’t have an accurate name to classify all of them.  Insects, arachnids, and arthropods, I mean.  Those creatures smaller than us that... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Symphony of Horror

  

  Horror season is upon us.  One could argue that it never left since summer has its fair share of horror when air conditioning is required. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Like a Hurricane

  

  Around here we welcomed September in with the remains of Hurricane Ida.  For the second summer in a row, far inland, we’ve sustained hurricane damage. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Who Ya Gonna Call?

  

  The haunting season is nearly upon us. Apart from the usual fun of ghost stories, those of us with appreciation of science wonder about whether there’s any... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Starting September

  

  The deep green of late summer has been starting to brown at the edges.  The process is a slow one, but it’s urged along by the Halloween decorations beginning t... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Classic Plural

  

  You might think that with our modern lifestyles, looking back would become passé.  Recently an article on Hyperallergic discussed “Ancient Greece and Rome Are... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Durable Goods

  

  So you bought something that worked.  It was a simple thing, but you bought it many years ago.  Then something happened and the thing got broke.  (This could... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Friendly Food

  

  The rain felt like relief after the most recent heat wave.  We’d long planned to attend the Easton VegFest regardless.  Summer is the season for street festival... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY