Steveawiggins

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• Artificial Priorities

  

  Maybe it has happened to you.  Or perhaps it only affects ultra-early risers.  I’ll be in the middle of typing a blog post when a notice appears on my computer... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reviewing Nightmares

  

  If you’ve wanted a copy of Nightmares with the Bible but the cost is a little dear, I might recommend you look on the Reading Religion website where, as of my... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Welcome the Stranger

  

  Welcome, sibling! Have you ever contributed to a genealogy online?  I know not everyone’s into their ancestry, but there’s enough of the treasure-hunt to it, an... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pricing out of Business

  

  Maybe you’re like most normal people and don’t pay much attention to who the publisher of a book is.  If you read a lot, and can get behind the glitz and glam o... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As Nature Directs

  

  The news about the “stampede” in Israel last week is tragic.  People like to gather in large crowds once in a while.  Religious events are sometimes such... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Learning from Nature

  

  Netflix is one of those companies that has shown that new models for providing both television and movies are emerging.  Of course there are many subscription... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dark and Light

  

  I perhaps have nothing new to say about Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness. It was published before I was ten, and although I grew up reading... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Joyous Beltane

  

  Every year around Beltane, I think of The Wicker Man. Of course, the holiday itself, aka May Day, is no cause for alarm. What makes the movie so effective—and... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Post-1984

  

  To truly understand a religion, you must be part of it. This is the dilemma that underlies the entire discipline of religious studies. And it all comes down to... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Cost of Content

  

  Those who don’t read this blog (you, my friend, are in a rarified crowd) aren’t aware of my antipathy to tech for tech’s sake. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More About Nightmares

  

  I became aware of TheoFantastique many years ago. Being new to social media myself, I was impressed at how professional and intelligent the site was. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Literary Life

  

  Trying to live a literary life is, I suppose, irresponsible.  Especially if your efforts and writing bring basically no money. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Time To Think

  

  Although I’m not Roman Catholic, I often thought about joining a monastery as a teen and twenty-something.  The idea of spending all my time devoted to... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• You Are Data

  

  The dark web.  The very idea conjures up images of extremely seedy technophiles with ambitions that run from illegal to just plain inhumane.  It’s a place I... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lessons from Mars

  

  It’s a parable.  This week, on a planet weeks away, earthlings achieved heavier than air flight.  Considering that we flew for the first time on our own planet... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creepy Houses

  

  Definitions, I’m learning, are often a matter of one’s experience and taste. I’ve read a lot of gothic novels and have tried to pinpoint what it is that... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Well Grounded

  

  Earth Day feels like it’s actually Earth Day for the first time in four years.  Many of those with more common sense than gullibility know that we have only... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• He’s Dead, Jim

  

  So there’s this thing called Spotify.  Like most modern contraptions, I approach it warily.  I’m not sure how it works.  Do the artists get paid?  What’s the... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Leap Night

  

  I was quite young when I saw Night of the Lepus for the first time. Well, I had to have been at least ten, but when I recently sat down to watch it only one or... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Scary Thoughts

  

  The kinds of places I hang out, online, dictate my reading. It’s not that I like to be scared, it’s just that I’m honest. Besides, even when hanging out in... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY