Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4568 )

• Slacking Off

  

  The other day someone on a committee on which I serve suggested we might eliminate the problem of buried emails by using Slack to communicate. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Old Wolves

  

  Among the classic monsters, the werewolf seems to suffer from lack of a foundational novel. Yes, vampires are older than Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and antecedents... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pandemic Thoughts

  

  Waiting for rescue. For many years now, I’ve been hoping for it. It goes back to my first professional job at Nashotah House, perhaps earlier. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• That Time Again

  

  Where’d it go? I could swear I left an hour sitting right here on the table, and now it’s gone. That’s the feeling of waking up the day of Daylight Saving Time. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mystery Religions

  

  Religion. What is it? Those of us with many years—or decades—of experience in it find ourselves asking that often. A Raëlian I know pointed me to the documentar... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Getting into SHAPE

  

  The British Academy, in cooperation with a publisher or two, has taken the initiative to promote SHAPE. Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts for People... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Uncial Nuncio?

  

  I recently wanted to make a donation online. As usual in these litigious times, there was a disclaimer that I had to read. Since this was a respectable... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Space and Time

  

  Keeping up with movies could be a regular vocation. Until it is, however, I will always be running behind. Seven years ago I planned to see Interstellar in the... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• You Viewing Pleasure

  

  I watch a lot of movies. Well, I used to before the pandemic stole much of my free time. We have a closet full of DVDs. At least they’re not VHS tapes. The... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• International Women’s Day 2021

  

  Changing one’s way of thinking is difficult. So difficult that we generally don’t try it unless we’re compelled to do so. One such compulsion is education. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not the Band

  

  One of my favorite weekend treats involves black-eyed peas. With a father from South Carolina, some of my earliest memories involve soul food. As a present-day... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• J-Horror

  

  Photo by Lorenzo Lamonica on UnsplashJ-Horror better move over. There’s a new kid on the block.For many years those of us strange fans of horror have used... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tomorrow’s Brainchild

  

  The voice of one person is very small. Even a guy like Donald Trump wouldn’t be the terrible threat to this nation that he is if nobody would pass on the... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Looking Up

  

  A few days ago—maybe weeks—I posted on discovering David J. Halperin’s website. His book, Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO, had been on my reading... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Weird Dreams

  

  It’s almost like we’re all part of a huge experiment, perhaps orchestrated from outer space, to see how we react to being caged. The pandemic and its... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Women’s History

  

  March is Women’s History Month. My reading of actual history as of late has focused on the ancient Celts, so I confess to falling behind on modern women’s... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Come People and Consider

  

  “Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Signal

  

  It’s difficult to tell signal from noise sometimes. Specialists in such things tell us that it’s easy to mistake noise for signal. An exception to this seems... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Winter Waiting

  

  The waiting, as Tom Petty knew, is the hardest part. Along the slow turning of the wheel of the year it’s now light enough to go jogging before work. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Still Standing

  

  Investment. Time is an investment, and I recently invested in Stephen King’s The Stand. You have to realize that I made this decision sight-unseen. More than on... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY